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KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

2021 Health Plans Granted Leeway To Limit Consumers’ Benefit From Drug Coupons

Advocates say a new rule will make it harder for patients with conditions such as cancer and multiple sclerosis who rely on very expensive drugs to afford them.

Jul 6, 2020

Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth In Telehealth ― And Concern About Fraud

“There are unscrupulous providers out there, and they have much greater reach with telehealth,” said Mike Cohen, an operations officer with the Health and Human Services Inspector General’s Office.

Jun 29, 2020

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HANNAH NORMAN/KAISER HEALTH NEWS

When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag

Jun 9, 2020

For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair

Jun 4, 2020

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PHOTO BY BILL OXFORD ON UNSPLASH

Biden’s Incremental Medicare Play For Bernie’s Backers

Apr 13, 2020

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Pandemic Delays Federal Probe Into Medicare Advantage Health Plans

Apr 8, 2020

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HOME HEALTH CARE DEL (RIGHT) AND ANTHONY HOLLOWAY WITH FAMILY FRIEND VERAL JACKSON/COURTESY OF ANTHONY HOLLOWAY

Why Home Health Care Is Suddenly Harder To Come By For Medicare Patients

Feb 13, 2020

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND SEEMA VERMA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID/COMMONDREAMS.ORG

One-On-One With Trump’s Medicare And Medicaid Chief: Seema Verma

Jan 16, 2020

Sanders Targets Health Industry Profits. Are His Figures Right?

Jan 15, 2020

What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?

Dec 16, 2019