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I helped create Medicare Advantage. Here’s why I believe it needs reform.
Medicare Advantage has become a system dominated by a handful of massive insurers who are gaming the rules for profit and ...
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Perspectives: Pursuing ‘Medicare For All’ Creates Minefield Jeopardizing Progress On Other Issues; Warren Misleads U.S. On Harms Of Her Health Care Plan
Many of her fellow Democrats — including "Medicare-for-all" architect Bernie Sanders — have made clear that the plan would require tax hikes for everyone. (Sally Pipes, 10/27) The New York Times: The ...
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MedPAC Urges Reform of Medicare Advantage, Noting ‘Design Flaws’ in Nursing Home Payment Models
While Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made improvements following previous recommendations from the Medicare Advisory Commission ...
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MedPAC releases June report to Congress on Medicare and the health care delivery system
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission June 13 released its June report to Congress that outlines recommendations for ...
White House's Kevin Hassett Says Trump Administration Will 'Look At' Medicare Changes If Senate Finds Abuse, Calls Cuts Report 'Fake'
The Trump administration has expressed its readiness to contemplate alterations to the Medicare program, contingent on the ...
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PolitiFact FL: What's an 'improper' Medicaid payment, and is it as high as a Trump official said?
Responding to charges that President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of ...
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Trump's Budget Cuts: The Hidden Impact on Medicare and Medicaid
Despite campaign promises, President Trump's budgetary agenda raises concerns about the future of essential public programs ...
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White House memo directs HHS to eliminate ‘waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid’
The White House June 6 issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services “to take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, ...