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Medicare Must Be Reformed and Saved Not Expanded


Medicare | Cato Institute

It has increased prices for medical care and health insurance, including for nonenrollees, and has reduced health care quality. Congress finances Medicare ...

Big Medicare Changes Coming in 2024 - AARP

In 2024, Medicare enrollees will be seeing lower drug prices, a continued rise in Medicare Advantage popularity and more.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Celebrates Medicare For All ...

WASHINGTON — Today, on the occasion of the first hearing on universal health care coverage in the 117th Congress, the Congressional ...

Medicaid Expansion: Frequently Asked Questions

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) permits states to expand Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level.

President Biden Takes New Steps to Lower Prescription Drug and ...

The Biden-Harris Administration is acting to lower prescription drug costs, keep health insurance premiums low, expand access to health care, especially mental ...

A Blueprint For New Beginnings -- 5. Modernize and Reform Medicare

One of the largest flaws in Medicare coverage today is its failure to cover outpatient prescription drugs. Approximately 98 percent of private health insurance ...

Medicare and Medicaid: Additional Actions Needed to Enhance ...

We testified about our numerous recommendations to CMS and Congress that reduced improper payments, enhanced program integrity, and saved billions of dollars ...

Medicare-for-All: Why We Should Say Yes, Not "Yes But"

Cost savings · Taxes · Health reform · Private health insurance · Medicare eligibility · Social Security. Medicare-for-All: Why We Should Say ...

What to Know about Medicare Spending and Financing - KFF

Payments to Medicare Advantage plans for Part A and Part B benefits nearly tripled as a share of total Medicare spending between 2011 and 2021, ...

Navigating the Shifting Terrain of US Health Care Reform ...

If you were confused by the health care terminology used in last week's Democratic presidential candidate debate, a new Milbank Quarterly ...

Medicare Reforms | Downsizing the Federal Government

The federal government subsidizes medical care for more than 45 million elderly and disabled Americans through Medicare. Medicare is the ...

Getting It Right: Issues for Medicare Reform | Urban Institute

How can we test whether private plans are a better deal for beneficiaries than traditional Medicare if the legislation provides extra subsidies or benefits to ...

Medicare modernization: the new prescription drug benefit and ...

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 was enacted in November 2003 and became effective on January 1, 2006.

Social Security and Health Care Entitlement Reform

Entitlement programs in the United States have expanded more than tenfold since their inception, but workers are nowhere near 10 times better off as a result.

Saving money with the prescription drug law - Medicare

Lower costs for insulin. Part D insulin costs. Your Medicare drug plan can't charge you more than $35 for a one-month supply of each Part D- ...

What is Harris' "Medicare at Home" plan and how would it work?

Kamala Harris says she would expand Medicare to cover in-home senior healthcare costs.

Medicare Advantage: A Policy Primer | Commonwealth Fund

Medicare Advantage plans are private health insurance plans paid by the federal government to provide Medicare-covered benefits as an alternative to “ ...

Medicaid expansion & what it means for you | HealthCare.gov

Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans, including some low-income ...

Federal Rule on Medicare Savings Programs Will Cut Red Tape for ...

Older adults and people with disabilities who have low incomes often face challenges accessing affordable health care. Medicare Savings ...

A Roadmap for Reform - Legal Action Center

The full scope of SUD and mental health benefits are not available to Medicare beneficiaries. There are no standardized medical necessity ...