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News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.

Fewer Medicare Advantage Plans Score High Quality Ratings

Fewer Medicare Advantage plans scored high quality ratings for their 2021 plans than the year before, according to the latest federal data.

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Congress Caps Medicare Part B Premium Spike For 2021

Estimates for the 2021 Part B premium, which adjusts each year, have been tricky due to the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on health care services.

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Private Employers Show New Interest In Expanded Medicare And Regulated Drug Prices

U.S. employers, battered by rising hospital and pharmaceutical prices, are increasingly open to a bigger government role in healthcare, including regulating prices and expanding Medicare to more working Americans.

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Medicare Advantage Premiums To Fall As Enrollment Grows

Monthly premiums for Medicare Advantage plans are expected to decrease again in 2021, as enrollment in the privatized version of traditional Medicare climbs.

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Trump Outpatient Drug Plan May Depend On Upending Buy-And-Bill System

The Trump administration could move forward with a policy that ties Medicare payments for outpatient drugs to foreign prices by upending the buy-and-bill payment system, according to the administration's draft plan.

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Verma: CMS Will Mull Which COVID-19 Flexibilities May Stick Around Post-Pandemic

The Trump administration has rolled out a slew of policies aimed at offering greater flexibility to payers and providers amid COVID-19. But what changes are likely to stick around long-term?

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Federal Funding Bill Relaxes Medicare Loan Repayment Terms, Delays DSH Cuts

House Democrats' bill to extend funding for the federal government through mid-December included a provision that would relax repayment terms for COVID-19 Medicare loans.

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Where Would A Public Option Leave Brokers?

One of the overriding questions in the upcoming election is: What will happen to health care under a Trump or a Biden presidency? And what would a public option do to health insurance brokers?

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More Americans Lacked Health Insurance Last Year — Even Before Pandemic Hit

The ranks of the nation’s uninsured continued to grow last year, even before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic that’s devastated the economy, new federal data show.

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COVID-19 Test Charges Range From One Cent To $14,750, Study Finds

COVID-19 relief legislation that lets providers in some cases set their own prices on COVID tests has resulted in charges as high as $14,750, a new study finds.

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