Last week, Medicare Rights submitted brief comments in support of an updated Medicare Savings Program (MSP) application redesign. MSPs help people with limited income and savings pay their Medicare costs, but they are historically underenrolled, partly because they have overly complex application processes. This work builds on the Biden-Harris administration’s […]
A new KFF side-by-side examines the health care positions of President Biden and former President Trump. The election-year tool functions as a “quick resource for understanding each candidate’s record as president, positions, public statements, and proposed policies.” It covers key topics like prescription drug prices, mental health, and long-term care, […]
This article was written in coordination with the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the Legal Action Center. The New York Times recently highlighted a terrifying statistic: Black men in their mid-50s to early 70s in Baltimore are dying from overdoses at a rate 20 times higher than the rest of […]
When it comes to billing rates, where a Medicare beneficiary receives health care is almost as important as the service itself. Medicare pays more for medical services performed in hospital outpatient facilities than in physician’s offices, even when the care is identical, and even when the outpatient facilities are nowhere […]
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a Strategic Framework for creating a national, multi-sector plan to advance healthy aging and age-friendly communities. Background The framework was developed by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities […]
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the LeadingAge LTSS (long-term services and supports) Center at the University of Massachusetts released a new report on the problems people may face when they lose eligibility for expansion Medicaid because they become eligible for Medicare. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gave states […]
