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This week, Medicare Rights Center President Fred Riccardi testified at a hearing of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce,
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This week, Medicare Rights Center President Fred Riccardi testified at a hearing of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce,
The United States spends more for health care per capita than other high-income countries and does not have better outcomes
The Biden administration recently took two important steps to preserve health care coverage for millions of Americans. First, the Department
This week, Medicare Rights joined over 20 nonprofit and advocacy organizations in the launch of a new coalition, Stop the
This week, the Legal Action Center released a report identifying gaps in Medicare’s coverage of common and recommended treatments for substance use disorders compared to private insurance and Medicaid.
Historically, Medicare has done significant work in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health status and access to health care, including driving the desegregation of America’s hospital systems in the 1960s. However, as a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation demonstrates, that work remains incomplete. Not only do racial and ethnic disparities persist, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated them.
Last week, Medicare Rights sent a sign-on letter from 50 state and national organizations to the U.S. Department of Health
A new research paper demonstrates that cost-sharing in Medicare’s prescription drug program causes people to avoid care, to the detriment
The Biden administration has taken a number of steps to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including outlining a national
This week, the Biden administration began work to reverse harmful immigration rules and policies that were put in place by
This week, Medicare Rights Center President Fred Riccardi testified at a hearing of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce,
The United States spends more for health care per capita than other high-income countries and does not have better outcomes
The Biden administration recently took two important steps to preserve health care coverage for millions of Americans. First, the Department
This week, Medicare Rights joined over 20 nonprofit and advocacy organizations in the launch of a new coalition, Stop the
This week, the Legal Action Center released a report identifying gaps in Medicare’s coverage of common and recommended treatments for substance use disorders compared to private insurance and Medicaid.
Historically, Medicare has done significant work in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health status and access to health care, including driving the desegregation of America’s hospital systems in the 1960s. However, as a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation demonstrates, that work remains incomplete. Not only do racial and ethnic disparities persist, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated them.
Last week, Medicare Rights sent a sign-on letter from 50 state and national organizations to the U.S. Department of Health
A new research paper demonstrates that cost-sharing in Medicare’s prescription drug program causes people to avoid care, to the detriment
The Biden administration has taken a number of steps to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including outlining a national
This week, the Biden administration began work to reverse harmful immigration rules and policies that were put in place by