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Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs Primary Care Telehealth

Eileen Cook June 15, 2026June 15, 2026 GLP-1 drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D, Telehealth

Primary care doctors raise alarm as telehealth companies get involved in obesity drugs

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) Every time David Davis talks to a nurse at Vida Health, he thinks he’ll finally

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

Eileen Cook June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

How Medicare Advantage Rebates Disadvantage Medicare’s Stand-Alone Drug Plan Market

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 11, 2026)

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

Eileen Cook June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Part D Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost Sharing in 2026

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 11, 2026) The Medicare Part D program

CMS DHS -OIG Health Care Finance HHS Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Prior Authorization, Prior Authorization denials

Unusually high rates of prior authorization denials

The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general’s latest report found three specific Medicare Advantage plans had the highest

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook June 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insuarance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Why AdventHealth thinks it can sell an internal insurance model to employers

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) As employers’ healthcare costs were climbing toward their steepest annual increase in

CMS Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook June 8, 2026June 8, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage in 2026: Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Limits, Supplemental Benefits, and Prior Authorization

(Authors: Meredith Freed, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 5, 2026)

Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, IRMAA, medicare, Medicare Part D

What IRMAA actually does to your check

IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) is a surcharge on Medicare Part B and Part D premiums for high-income beneficiaries. The

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 ACA, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement

CMS Requires More Restrictive Definition of Medical Frailty in New Medicaid Work Requirements Rule

(Author Jennifer Tolbert for The Kaiser Family Foundation published June 2, 2026) On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare

CMS Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement

CMS finalizes framework for Medicaid work rules: 8 things to know

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS published its interim final rule for state implementation of Medicaid work

Health Care Finance

Eileen Cook June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Save on your annual medical bills.

An estimated 135 million adults in the U.S. fear they will be priced out of the healthcare system, with nearly