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Month: August 2019

Medicare - General 

Should you consider Medicare Supplement Plan F?

August 30, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Medigap is a policy designed to pay some of the extra healthcare expenses that traditional Medicare doesn’t cover. Once of

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Health Care - General Health Care Redesign 

CVS moving to change healthcare: A timeline since the Aetna acquisition

August 30, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Since buying health insurer Aetna in November, CVS Health has emphasized holistic healthcare

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Health Care - General 

Hormone therapy during menopause raises breast cancer risk for years, study finds

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Megan Thielking for STAT) A sweeping new analysis adds to the evidence that many women who take hormone therapy

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Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance 

They Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More

August 30, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) From a planning perspective, Wolfgang Balzer is the perfect health care consumer. Balzer,

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‘Locally Grown’ Insurance Companies Help Fortify Washington State Market

August 30, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Donna Gordon Blankinship for Kaiser Health News) SEATTLE — Although few states have finalized their 2020 health insurance rates

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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Care Redesign Legislative Update 

A new reinsurance pool in Rhode Island

August 29, 2019August 28, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

The Department of Health and Human Services approved the state of Rhode Island’s 1332 waiver application to create an individual

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Medicare wasting millions by paying for hospice drugs twice, inspector general finds

August 29, 2019August 28, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare has been paying for drugs used in hospices twice, wasting hundreds of

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Health Care - General Legislative Update 

What to expect on pending healthcare legislation

August 28, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

What are the key healthcare issues that Congress wants to address when they return from summer recess? Although there is

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Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Study finds MS drug costs skyrocketed for Medicare and patients

August 28, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

According to research recently published in JAMA, it found Multiple sclerosis patients felt the impact of rising list prices for

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Health Care - General Health Care Finance 

Many Americans clueless about out-of-pocket medical costs, study finds

August 28, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) When it comes to out-of-pocket medical costs, many people are unaware of their

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