by Jordana Choucair | Apr 11, 2022 | Payers
A recent study from Humana highlights how seniors faced common challenges related to social determinants of health (SDOH) and inequities before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that 49.3 of the more than 100,000 Medicare Advantage (MA) members...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Access & Coverage
A new analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation estimates that 3.1 million Americans will lose health coverage if Congress doesn’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. A disproportionate share of young adults, low-income people, and...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Payers
Medicare will cover the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm only for clinical trials, despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving the drug for some 1.5 million people. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
A new study found that life expectancy in the U.S. took another hit in 2021, furthering a dramatic decline from 2020 that was the largest since World War II. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, found that after falling nearly 1.9 years in 2020, life...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 7, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden signed into law a sweeping U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reform bill that will overhaul the agency’s finances and allow it to modernize its service. The new law will require retired postal employees to enroll in Medicare when eligible and repeals a...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 7, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court today. Jackson, who appears set to receive bipartisan support, will be the first former public defender and the first Black woman to sit on the court. She will replace Justice...
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