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CMS Consumer Data Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Part D enrollment in 2026: 5 things to know

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Following the annual enrollment period for 2026, 56.1 million people — up

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Medicaid Workers and Job-Based Insurance: Who Is Offered, Eligible, and Enrolled?

(Authors: Sammy Cervantes and Jennifer Tolbert for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 5, 2026) Passage of the 2025 reconciliation

Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Healthcare Finance, Medicaid

Medicaid Financing: The Basics

(Authors: Elizabeth Williams, Alice Burns, Anna Mudumala, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 4, 2026) Medicaid

Consumer Data Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Billing Oversight, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

How 3 insurers are trying to tighten E/M billing oversight

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) In recent months, payers across the country have tried tightening policies to

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Analyzing Changes in Medicare Part D Enrollment for 2026

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski, Nancy Ochieng, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 3, 2026) For people with

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Benefits coverage for no-premium plans could drop 50% under 2027 MA rule: AHIP

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage plans looking to maintain no-premium models could face 50% cuts to

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

‘We’re running in when others are running out’: Stability drives record growth for regional Medicare Advantage plans

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage enrollment grew less than 1% during this past annual enrollment

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Price Transparency

Eileen Cook March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Price Transparency

Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for KFF Health News) Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 ACA Marketplace, CMS, COBRA, Employer Coverage, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults

The gap between early retirement and Medicare eligibility

You can begin your Social Security as early as 62; however, you cannot begin your Medicare coverage until you are

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 ACA, ACA Enhanced Tax Credits, Healthcare Costs, Older Adults

Where ACA premiums have risen most for older adults following expiration of enhanced subsidies

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) ACA premiums for older adults have surged nationwide following the expiration of