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Category Archives: Insurance
Medicare for All: Separating the slogan from the substance
by Katelyn Jetelina and Hayden Rooke-Lev in Your Local Epidemiologist People are fed up with the U.S. health care system, and rightfully so. Medical premiums and debt are rising, clinicians are burned out, and patients have less access to care. … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Government, History, Insurance
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New Medicare Changes in 2026: Prior Approval Required for These 17 Services — affecting those who have Original Medicare
Today I received an email from a friend in another CCRC who has need of a steroid injection for a very painful bulging low back disc and a facet joint cyst. Coverage was turned down by Virtix Health, a Medicare … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Insurance
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My Family Lives in the Shadow of the American Dream
By Andrew Tait (thanks to Pam P.) I live in Shenandoah County, Virginia. I’m a factory worker, a farmer, and a father of two girls, one still in diapers. I get up before the sun, and most days I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Business, Economics, Government, Insurance, Law, Morality, Social justice
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Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
By Josh Hawley In the NYT. Mr. Hawley is a Republican senator from Missouri. Polls show Democrats down in the dumps at their lowest approval level in decades, but we Republicans are having an identity crisis of our own, and you can see … Continue reading
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1 million+ patients lose coverage as insurers, hospitals drop Medicare Advantage
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Libby and Andrew Potter usually ignore the avalanche of Medicare Advantage ads that land in the mailbox at their home in Huntsville, Alabama, each fall as Medicare’s open enrollment period begins. Libby, a retired middle school librarian, … Continue reading