Tag: Medicare
Leqembi could cost Medicare $5 billion per year
The Alzheimer's drug Leqembi is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on Jan. 20, 2023.Eisai | ReutersThe new Alzheimer's antibody tr [...]
Medicare could face legal action over drug price negotiations
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with the president of the European Commission after a visit to oversee the production of the [...]
States urge Medicare to cover Alzheimer’s treatments
Democratic and Republican attorneys general in nearly half of U.S. states are calling on Medicare to provide unrestricted coverage of antibody treatme [...]
Biden Budget Will Propose Tax Increase to Bolster Medicare
The president’s plan targets Americans earning more than $400,000 a year in an attempt to increase the program’s solvency by 25 years.
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Why Joe Biden is slamming Rick Scott’s plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare
A 12-point plan from a not particularly senior member of the US Senate is usually the kind of thing that would barely cause a ripple in the discour [...]
Biden Finds a Political Foil as He Warns of Social Security and Medicare Cuts
President Biden used his visit to the University of Tampa to talk about what he says are Republican proposals to cut entitlements.
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Health insurance terms to learn as open enrollment begins
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty ImagesIt's open enrollment season, the time each year when millions of American workers and retirees must choose a h [...]
Biden Emphasizes the Threat to Social Security and Medicare at Rally
The president singled out Senators Ron Johnson and Rick Scott while campaigning for Democrats in Pennsylvania.
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Republicans Float Changes to Social Security and Medicare
Democrats have seized on Republican proposals to limit retirement benefits to galvanize voters ahead of the midterm elections.
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Biden, in Midterm Campaign Pitch, Focuses on Social Security and Medicare
At events in Florida, the president sought to paint Republicans as a threat to the two retirement programs. But his campaign swing did not go without [...]
Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths among U.S. seniors in 2021
Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths and nearly 700,000 hospitalizations among adult Medicare recipients in 2021, the Health and Human Ser [...]
Planning ahead can help families afford long-term care amid inflation
Stan Horwitz and his family didn't have any plans regarding long-term care until there was a crisis. His father, Martin, was in his late 80s and lived [...]
Inflation Reduction Act to cap costs for Medicare patients on insulin
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesA new legislative package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday is a big win for Medicare p [...]
Passage of Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers
A pharmacist collects medications for prescriptions at a pharmacy.Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMedicare is poised to renegotiate the prices [...]
DOJ plans to retry Philip Esformes despite Trump commuting sentence
Philanthropist Philip Esformes attends the 15th annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on August 7, 2015 i [...]