Lowering the Medicare eligibility age is popular. About 85% of Democrats and 69% of Republicans favor allowing those as young as 50 to buy into Medicare. Although opposition from the hospital industry is expected to be fierce, that is not the only obstacle to Biden’s plan.
Read More »President-Elect Biden’s Health Agenda Dims As GOP Likely To Hold Senate
Without a Democratic majority in the Senate, Biden will likely face strong Republican opposition to many of his top health agenda items — including lowering the eligibility age for Medicare to 60, expanding financial assistance for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and creating a “public option” government health plan.
Read More »Congress Provides Relief To Physician Practices Hit By Pandemic
Revisions to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program (AAP) will help keep physician practice doors open during the pandemic and continue to offer patients access at this time.
Read More »Telemedicine, As Well As Billing Fraud, Booms During Crisis
Federal officials allowed telemedicine providers to waive patient deductibles and copayments during the crisis. Under normal conditions, these actions can be construed as a kickback because they discourage patients from complaining.
Read More »5 Ways Nixing The Affordable Care Act Could Upend The Entire Health System
If Friday night’s district court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional were to be upheld, far more than the law’s most high-profile provisions ...
Read More »Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act Putting Law In Legal Peril — Again
The future of the Affordable Care Act is threatened — again — this time by a ruling Friday from a federal district court judge in ...
Read More »Heart Device Failure: Medicare Spent $1.5B Over 10 Years To Replace Defective Implants
Medicare paid at least $1.5 billion over a decade to replace seven types of defective heart devices, a government watchdog says. The devices apparently failed ...
Read More »Medicare Issues Update of Physician Fee Schedule
The American Medical Association (AMA) responded today to policies outlined last week in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) physician fee schedule proposed ...
Read More »Millions More Uninsured Could Impact Health Of Those With Insurance
By Julie Rovner Much has been written lately about how individuals’ health could suffer if they lose insurance under the health proposals circulating in the ...
Read More »AARP Wants Senate to Reject Health Care Bill
By Nancy LeaMond This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy behind closed doors without a single hearing or open debate—and it shows. The Senate ...
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