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Medicare
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KHN: Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill
March 29, 2021: A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals for some surgical procedures while potentially raising costs and confusion for patients. For years, the Read More >
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KHN: Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
January 07, 2021: Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day supply — only because of the generosity of patient assistance foundations. Clark, 57, a former insurance agent Read More >
Medicaid
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KHN: Covid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
March 15, 2021: Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going to work in the pandemic. When vaccines became available in December, she jumped at the chance to Read More >
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KHN: Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’
March 08, 2021: For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus o Read More >
Social Security
Fair Trade
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2016 Presidential Election – Hillary Is It!
November 05, 2016: WHY SHOULD HILLARY CLINTON BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT? by Vivien De Back This is not an article to convince you to vote for Hillary Clinton for President of the United States or to debate issues of importance to the American peop Read More >
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Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech
January 13, 2016: President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of Read More >