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Monthly Archives: July 2025

Congressional Budget Office Final Score: Reconciliation Bill Increases Deficit by 3.4 Trillion; Causes 10 Million to Lose Health Insurance

This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated cost estimates of the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), reflecting the final provisions. The score finds that between now and 2034, the law will add $3.4 trillion to the deficit and cause more than 10 million people to […]

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Celebrating Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Anniversaries with an Eye Toward Current Hazards and Future Threats

This year marks major anniversaries for three cornerstone programs that have shaped the nation’s health and economic well-being. Social Security, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 15, 1935, turns 90 in 2025. Medicare and Medicaid, established thirty years later through the Social Security Amendments of 1965 […]

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Part D Benefit Restructuring Reduces Out-Of-Pocket Exposure, Changes Risk to Prescription Coverage Access and Choice

Prescription drug coverage in Medicare, provided via private health insurance plans under Part D, covers more than 53 million Americans. The Part D benefit—first available in 2006—has undergone significant policy changes in its nearly 20-year history. As initially designed, Part D left beneficiaries with substantial out-of-pocket cost obligations; they were responsible […]

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Volunteers at the Heart of Medicare Rights

For longtime callers to the Medicare Rights Center’s national helpline, many of the most familiar voices are our volunteers. Joining us weekly to counsel callers on Medicare questions and complex cases, our volunteers include current and former nurses, teachers, lawyers, and others—professionals from all walks of life who bring with […]

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