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Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds
by Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News on January 22, 2021 at 10:00 am
Those walking away free were facing years in prison for crimes of “unbounded greed.”
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After a Decade of Lobbying, ALS Patients Gain Faster Access to Disability Payments
by Michelle Andrews on January 21, 2021 at 10:00 am
In late December, then-President Donald Trump signed a law that eliminates — only for people with Lou Gehrig’s disease — the required five-month waiting period before benefits begin under the Social Security Disability Insurance program. Gaining SSDI also gives these patients immediate Medicare health coverage.
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One Ambulance Ride Leads to Another When Packed Hospitals Cannot Handle Non-Covid Patients
by Sandy West on January 11, 2021 at 10:00 am
A Kansas woman thought she’d find help at her local emergency room. What she found instead was a packed hospital and an ambulance ride to someplace else.
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Illinois, primer estado en ofrecer cobertura médica a adultos mayores indocumentados
by Giles Bruce on January 7, 2021 at 5:16 pm
Se espera que la normativa cubra inicialmente de 4,200 a 4,600 inmigrantes mayores. Defensores esperan que Illinois inspire a otros estados.
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Illinois Is First in the Nation to Extend Health Coverage to Undocumented Seniors
by Giles Bruce on January 7, 2021 at 10:00 am
As the pandemic hits Latino communities especially hard, Illinois is expanding public health insurance to all low-income noncitizen seniors. Advocates hope other states follow its lead.
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Many Health Plans Now Must Cover Full Cost of Expensive HIV Prevention Drugs
by Michelle Andrews on January 5, 2021 at 10:00 am
Most private insurance will be required to cover drugs, like Truvada, that offer protection against HIV infection, without making plan members share the cost.
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Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
by Harris Meyer on January 4, 2021 at 10:00 am
While many private insurers cap what members pay in health costs, Medicare does not. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have proposed annual limits ranging from $2,000 to $3,100. But there’s disagreement about how to pay for that cost cap.
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: 2020 in Review — It Wasn’t All COVID
on December 23, 2020 at 12:33 pm
The coronavirus pandemic colored just about everything in 2020. But there was other health policy news that you either never heard or might have forgotten about: the Affordable Care Act going before the Supreme Court with its survival on the line; ditto for Medicaid work requirements. And a surprise ending to the “surprise bill” saga. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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Medicare Open Enrollment Is Complicated. Here’s How to Get Good Advice.
by Bernard J. Wolfson on November 24, 2020 at 10:00 am
It’s a complex program with many options — as well as confusing rules and nuances. Here’s how to get reliable guidance.
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Consejos para inscribirse bien en Medicare durante la complicada inscripción abierta
by Bernard J. Wolfson on November 24, 2020 at 8:44 am
Medicare se reduce fundamentalmente a dos alternativas: la tarifa por servicio del Medicare Tradicional o el enfoque de atención administrada de Medicare Advantage.