Medicare
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2025
Maine DHHS awarded nearly $17M for maternal health care
The funds are part of the Transforming Maternal Health Model, a new 10-year federal program designed to improve care for low-income patients.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2024
Biden proposes Medicare, Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans
Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under the proposed new rule.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Trump chooses TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Earlier Tuesday, the president-elect also tapped Wall Street executive and campaign adviser Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2024
Harris proposes that Medicare cover long-term care at home
Vice President Kamala Harris’s plan, which would face an uphill battle to become law, aims to help Americans caring for elderly parents.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2024
Humana plunges as Medicare star rating cut threatens revenue
Medicare Advantage quality ratings for the company dropped, meaning a big drop in revenue from bonus payments.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Forum: Tips for navigating big Medicare changes in 2025
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PublishedAugust 15, 2024
U.S. drug price measure to cut costs by $7.5 billion in 2026
Senior citizens will fork out $1.5 billion less in out-of-pocket costs for ten medications.
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PublishedJune 8, 2024
5 arrested over ‘sham hospices’ alleged to bilk Medicare for over $15 million
As part of the alleged scheme, the three defendants misappropriated the identifying information of doctors to claim those physicians had deemed hospice services necessary for patients, federal prosecutors said.
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PublishedMay 18, 2024
Bernie Sanders speaks at UNE graduation, says U.S. health care system is broken
America spends more than other countries, yet millions of people are uninsured and underserved, the senator from Vermont said during his remarks at Saturday's commencement.
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PublishedMay 6, 2024
Social Security and Medicare finances look grim as overall debt piles up
The news Monday was better than many experts had expected, though – last year, federal actuaries said the programs could go belly-up sooner than the decade predicted in the new report.
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