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Health insurance stock soars with Medicare Advantage boost
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (522+ words) Shares for the largest health insurance companies in the United States soared during early trading on Tuesday after the Trump administration reversed course by boosting Medicare Advantage payment rates following a monthslong lobbying campaign by the healthcare industry. The Trump…...
Medicare Advantage cuts could jeopardize the MAGA agenda
2+ week, 5+ day ago (473+ words) Which is why a significant but little-noticed policy shift now under consideration could undermine much of that progress, reducing choice and increasing costs for more than35 million seniors. Medicare Advantage is not a sideshow in American healthcare. It is the program…...
Medicare spending expected to double in next decade, CBO says
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (438+ words) Medicare spending is projected to double over the next decade due to rising healthcare costs and increased enrollment, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office." The CBO estimated in its annual Budget and Economic Outlook that…...
Meaningful steps on Medicare reform
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) By expanding site-neutral payments, the Trump administration is restoring the principle that Medicare should pay for the service, not the sign on the building. Equalizing payments reduces incentives for costly hospital acquisitions, lowers costs for seniors, and saves taxpayers billions…...
Health stocks tank from flat Medicare Advantage payment rate
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) Shares of several large health insurance companies tanked on Tuesday after the Trump administration proposed keeping Medicare Advantage reimbursement rates roughly the same through 2027. Stock prices for Humana and UnitedHealth Group dropped roughly 20% in early trading on Tuesday morning following…...
Medicare for All remains a disaster proposition
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) Medicare for All is poised for a comeback. Earlier this month, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the former head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,released polling datashowing strong support for the idea among Democrats. Jayapal's renewed push for socialized medicine comes…...
Medicare should not stop seniors from accessing physical therapy
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (351+ words) RFK JR. ASKS STATES FOR "BOLD, AUDACIOUS" RURAL HEALTH FUNDING REQUESTS But physical therapists are barred from this arrangement, even if it"s faster, cheaper, and better for the patient. There"s already a nationwide shortage of physical therapists " a…...
Advanced practice registered nurses could benefit seniors, costs: Study - Washington Examiner
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (365+ words) (The Center Square) " An aging population in Florida is increasing demand for "vastly different and more costly forms of health care," according to new report from a taxpayer group. The study Hospice and Pallative Care by Florida TaxWatch focuses on…...
Democratic donors secretly shaped Biden administration Medicare policy
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (483+ words) EXCLUSIVE " Advocacy organizations run by major political donors were given an inside and publicly undisclosed role in shaping healthcare policy under former President Joe Biden, previously unreported government records show. Arnold Ventures and the Commonwealth Fund's access went straight to…...
Dr. Oz says Congress saved Medicaid from ‘being at risk of bankruptcy’
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (435+ words) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz celebrated the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Monday. President Donald Trump signed the spending bill into law earlier this month. It enforced work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients…...