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How To File A Medicare Appeal

By Susan Jaffe December 17, 2012 KFF Health News Original

A basic guide and resources if you want to get Medicare to reverse a coverage decision.

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Medicare & Aging News From KFF Health News — 2012

February 11, 2013 Page

KFF Health News has had a variety of coverage about Medicare, long-term care and other issues affecting seniors’ quality of care and life. Below is a complete list of our 2012 coverage. See Stories Published In: 2014 | 2013 KFF Health News’s coverage of aging and long-term care issues is produced with support from The […]

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Enrollment Season Opens For Medicare Advantage And Drug Plans

By Susan Jaffe October 15, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today, Medicare beneficiaries can begin choosing their drug and medical coverage for 2013, and most seniors are expected to stick with the same policies they have already, despite price changes and a rating system that shows some plans may be better than others. Seniors have been reluctant to change plans, even if there are cheaper […]

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UnitedHealth Issues Warning Over Medicare Advantage Cuts

April 19, 2013 Morning Briefing

UnitedHealth attributed a 14 percent drop in profits in the first quarter to higher medical costs. The nation’s largest insurer also warned that cuts to Medicare Advantage plans could hamper its earnings growth next year.

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Former Congressional Staffer Faces Scrutiny In Medicare Advantage Leak

April 18, 2013 Morning Briefing

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, continues asking questions about a recent Medicare Advantage leak that reverberated through the stock market, while members of the Senate Finance Committee react to the Medicare funding reductions advanced by President Barack Obama.

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Insurance Marketplace 101: Answering Consumer Questions

By KFF Health News Editors September 17, 2013 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Appleby were hosted by the Washington Post’s Charity Brown earlier today for a live discussion with Post readers about how the new online marketplaces will work under the health law. A transcript of that discussion is posted below. MARY AGNES CAREY: Welcome to today’s chat about the online marketplaces. […]

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Sebelius: We’re Open to ‘Uniquely Texan’ Approach

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune August 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is open to allowing Texas to expand Medicaid coverage under Obamacare in a way that is “uniquely Texan,” HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday in Austin.

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Study Finds Premium Support Plan Could Raise Medicare Premiums In Many Parts of Country

By Jordan Rau October 15, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Seniors in both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans would be affected by the change, according to research that looks at how a voucher system would have worked in 2010.

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The Stock Market, Medicare Advantage Rates And ‘Political Intelligence’

April 4, 2013 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports that a tip about a recent a health policy decision drove insurers’ stock prices up and is now adding to questions about the “political intelligence” industry.

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‘Doc Fix’ In ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Plan Cuts Medicare Hospital Payments

By Mary Agnes Carey January 1, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Updated at 9:30 a.m. on January 2. Legislation passed by Congress New Year’s Day to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff” would stop a scheduled payment cut in Medicare physician payments. But hospitals, which have to bear a major part of financing for that “doc fix,” are not happy. The bill would require that, over the […]

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Firm Relies On Medicare Experience As It Prepares To Open Federal Health Exchange Calls Centers

By Susan Jaffe June 21, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Vangent already handles more than 60,000 calls a day about Medicare but will soon add an expected 200,000 questions about the marketplaces set up by the health law.

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Rate Boost To Medicare Advantage Plans Powers Insurers’ Stock Surge

April 3, 2013 Morning Briefing

Health insurers led gains on Wall Street Tuesday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reversed plans to make payment cuts to Medicare Advantage plans and instead offered a 3.3 percent increase.

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House Republicans Attack Obama Administration On Medicare Advantage

September 21, 2012 KFF Health News Original

In this edition of Health on the Hill, KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey interviews CQ Roll Call’s Emily Ethridge about today’s House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on the health law’s cuts to the private Medicare Advantage program.

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Medicare Silver Bullets: What’s The Best Way To Control Costs?

December 12, 2012 KFF Health News Original

KHN asked a range of health policy experts the following question: If you could make only one change to Medicare to control costs, what would it be and why?

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Medicare Trying To Nudge Seniors Out Of Plans With Low Ratings

By Susan Jaffe November 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Government is sending letters to a half million beneficiaries to alert them to their plans’ poor performance.

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First Edition: April 2, 2013

April 2, 2013 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news that the administration is delaying a health law provision aimed at small business and also opting to increase payments to Medicare Advantage programs.

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HHS Touts Growth In Medicare Advantage Plans, Drop In Premiums

By Mary Agnes Carey September 19, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Just days away from a House hearing where Republicans are likely to charge that the 2010 health law’s cuts to Medicare Advantage plans will cause insurers to leave the program and seniors to pay more for coverage, the Obama administration said Wednesday that as a result of the law seniors now have more of these […]

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HMO-Like Plans May Be Poised To Make Comeback In Online Insurance Markets

By Julie Appleby January 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Insurers bet some consumers will choose cheaper plans that restrict their choice of doctors, despite worries about skimpy care and huge bills for out-of-network providers.

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Retiring Medicare Actuary Reflects On The Politics Of Health Care Spending And Why He Almost Quit

By Mary Agnes Carey January 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Richard Foster talks about the travails of trying to provide objective information to Congress and the White House.

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Medicare Boosts Rather Than Cuts Payments To Advantage Plans

April 2, 2013 Morning Briefing

The insurance industry won a major lobbying victory Monday after the Obama administration backtracked on an earlier plan to cut Medicare Advantage payments to insurers by 2.2 percent in 2014 and instead decided to give them a 3.3 percent increase.

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