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]]> 648099 FI_News-Alert_Brand-blue https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-spending-was-27-percent-more-for-people-who-disenrolled-from-medicare-advantage-than-for-similar-people-in-traditional-medicare/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:59:56 +0000 647869 MA to TM Feature Image https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/proposed-coverage-of-anti-obesity-drugs-in-medicare-and-medicaid-would-expand-access-to-millions-of-people-with-obesity/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:14:18 +0000 647583 JIAS ViewpointThe ground has shifted under PEPFAR what does that mean for its future (1) https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/coverage-of-dental-services-in-traditional-medicare/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:30:30 +0000 647182 Coverage of Dental Services in Traditional Medicare_FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/how-pending-health-related-lawsuits-could-be-impacted-by-the-incoming-trump-administration/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:00:05 +0000 647128 _Social-How Pending Health-Related Lawsuits Could be Impacted by the Incoming Trump Administration https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-part-d-in-2025-a-first-look-at-prescription-drug-plan-availability-premiums-and-cost-sharing/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:21:23 +0000 646369 the-average-medicare-beneficiary-has-a-choice-of-48-medicare-plans-offering-drug-coverage-in-2025-including-14-stand-alone-prescription-drug-plans-and-34-medicare-advantage-drug-plans_FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/faqs-about-the-inflation-reduction-acts-medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:19:35 +0000 585943 people-overwhelmingly-support-medicare-drug-price-negotiations-but-most-don-t-realize-it-s-happening_FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-has-become-more-popular-among-the-shrinking-share-of-employers-that-offer-retiree-health-benefits/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:55:43 +0000 607306 Retiree health coverage and Medicare Advantage_FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2025-spotlight-a-first-look-at-plan-offerings/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:25:55 +0000 646253 the-average-medicare-beneficiary-can-choose-from-34-medicare-advantage-prescription-drug-ma-pd-plans-in-2025-2-fewer-than-the-36-in-2024_FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2025-spotlight-a-first-look-at-plan-premiums-and-benefits/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:25:47 +0000 646258 OfPHo-the-share-of-individual-medicare-advantage-plans-offering-vision-hearing-and-dental-benefits-stayed-stable-in-2025-but-declined-for-some-benefits-such-as-over-FI.v2 https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/the-connection-between-social-security-disability-benefits-and-health-coverage-through-medicaid-and-medicare/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:59:47 +0000 632789 Social Security Duals, no logo (1) https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/the-landscape-of-medicare-and-medicaid-coverage-arrangements-for-dual-eligible-individuals-across-states/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:50:54 +0000 629451 DualsLandscape_no logo (1) https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/what-are-the-primary-medicaid-eligibility-pathways-for-dual-eligible-individuals/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:00:38 +0000 642395 DualEligible_no logo https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/key-facts-about-medigap-enrollment-and-premiums-for-medicare-beneficiaries/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:55:31 +0000 642438 Medigap_no logo https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medigap-may-be-elusive-for-medicare-beneficiaries-with-pre-existing-conditions/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:55:28 +0000 642457 Only-four-states-have-guaranteed-issue-protections for Medigap_FI https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/2025-medicare-advantage-plan-choices-are-stable-following-years-of-steady-growth/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:17:45 +0000 641865 the-number-of-medicare-advantage-plans-available-to-the-average-medicare-beneficiary-is-stable-in-2025-FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/vice-president-harris-proposal-to-broaden-medicare-coverage-of-home-care/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:24:35 +0000 641597 LTC-is-expensive-and-not-generally-covered-by-Medicare_FI https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/a-current-snapshot-of-the-medicare-part-d-prescription-drug-benefit/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:30:13 +0000 640129 Medicare Part D Snapshot Figure 5 Feature Image https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/public-opinion-on-prescription-drugs-and-their-prices/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:06:44 +0000 525491 7HULC-six-in-ten-adults-report-currently-taking-at-least-one-prescription-medicine-one-quarter-say-they-take-four-or-more