Medicare
Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure
Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure As Congress reconvened after the new year, it became clear that lawmakers are struggling to come up with a solution to help Americans pay for healthcare, particularly with the expiration of Obamacare subsidies for over 24 million people. […]
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Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government – has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare […]
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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net President Lyndon B. Johnson, left, next to former President Harry S. Truman, signs into law the measure creating Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. AP Photo The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign […]
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