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• Déjà Voodoo: Pharma’s Promises To Curb Drug Prices Have Been Heard Before

  July 25, 2018: By Jay Hancock and Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.  Prescription drug prices were soaring. Angry policymak...Read more >

• States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Shield On Preexisting Conditions Were Axed

  July 17, 2018: By Harriet Rowan, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.  If the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with preexisting medica...Read more >

• Medicaid covers nearly 104 million medical visits, but that may soon change

  January 31, 2018: by JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.  EVERETT, Wash. — Unable to walk or talk, barely able to see or hear, 5-year...Read more >

• KHN – Analysis: As Seniors Get Sicker, They’re More Likely To Drop Medicare Advantage Plans

  July 06, 2017: By Fred Schulte Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. When Sol Shipotow enrolled in a new Medicare Advantage health plan earlier this year, he expected to...Read more >

• KHN – A Squeaker In The House Becomes Headache For The Senate: 5 Things To Watch

  May 05, 2017: By Julie Rovner, May 4, 2017 Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House managed to pass its GOP rep...Read more >

• KHN – GOP Fix To Insurance Markets Could Spike Premiums For Older Customers

  February 23, 2017: By: Jordan Rau and Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Dale Marsh has not been enamored with his health insurance since the Affordable Care ...Read more >

• Ken Pease About the Importance of Medicare

  February 10, 2017: [video width="640" height="360" mp4="http://retiredamericans.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/02/Ken-Pease-Video.mp4"][/video] The U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Friday despite ...Read more >

• KHN: Everything You Need to Know About Block Grants – The Heart of GOP’s Medicaid Plans

  January 25, 2017: By: Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. President Donald Trump’s administration made explicit this weekend its commitment to an old GOP st...Read more >

• FLARA Recommendations for 2017 Legislative Session

  January 17, 2017: The Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (FLARA) recommendations for the 2017 Florida Legislature include a range of issues of concern to seniors. In addition, FLARA includes recommendations to help ensure that future generations do not face dimini...Read more >

• KHN: Meals On Wheels Wants To Be The ‘Eyes and Ears’ For Hospitals, Doctors

  January 10, 2017: By: Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Debbie Case held an insulated bag with two packaged meals — a sandwich wrap and fruit for lunch, a b...Read more >