Medicare Part D Notices: What Brokers Need to Know for 2025 and 2026

By October 14, 2025, employers with plans providing prescription drug coverage must distribute Medicare Part D creditable coverage notices. These notices help Medicare-eligible individuals – employees and dependent(s), including those eligible due to disability or End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) – decide whether to keep employer coverage or enroll in Part D for 2026. Here’s the good ...

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AHIP Says Member Plans Will Continue To Cover Vaccines With No Cost-Sharing Through 2026

A major health insurance group reaffirmed that its member plans will uphold current vaccine coverage despite any changes that an influential advisory panel could make to federal recommendations. The pledge to continued vaccine coverage comes ahead of a scheduled meeting Thursday of a federal advisory committee with a slate of new members handpicked by Department of Health ...

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Democrats Are Barreling Toward A Shutdown With No Clear Plan To Get Out

Democrats are gearing up to reject a GOP stopgap funding bill and potentially spark a government shutdown. What happens then, no one seems to know. Two weeks ahead of the key deadline, party leaders are staking out a rhetorical hard line demanding that their Republican counterparts come to the negotiating table to discuss concessions on health care ...

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CVS And Walgreens To Resume COVID Vaccines In Nevada After Regulators Clarify Rules

As the Trump administration narrows its recommendations on who should be vaccinated for COVID, a seemingly mundane provision within state law threw access to the vaccine in Nevada into question. But newly released guidance of the law and regulations issued by the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy on Friday and obtained by The Nevada Independent aims to clear ...

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Extreme Heat Takes Toll On Nevadans’ Health, Pocketbooks

Air conditioning is a life-saving tool in southern Nevada, but more and more people are finding it difficult to afford. Jacqueline Banderas, a mother of five, said there are times she’s received electricity bills of more than $1,000 to cool her home at the height of summer. “Once, they even cut my power because I ...

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Primary Care Shortages Worsen As U.S. Spending On It Drops

Primary care has been shown to improve health outcomes and population health; reduce health disparities; and save money. Despite these benefits, however, accessing primary care has become more difficult. “In 2025, there were 7,901 primary care health professional shortage areas,” according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute. “A recent report found ...

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Employer Health Costs To Top $17,000 Per Employee In 2026

Employers can expect to pay an average of $17,000 per employee for health care costs next year. Aon, a global professional services firm, projects a 9.5% increase in 2026, marking the third consecutive year with price hikes approaching double digits.

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Shutdown Talk Heats Up As Democrats Insist On Stopping Health Care Cuts

A deadline looming, Congress charged Monday toward a federal government shutdown as Republicans brush back Democratic demands to save health care funding from cutbacks, while Democrats are flexing a newfound willingness to play hardball, even if it means closing offices and services.

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Senate Republicans Ready Obamacare Rescue

A group of GOP senators are working on legislation to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies with policy changes designed to win over conservatives, according to four people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions.

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Trump’s Effort To Target Television Drug Ads Could Have Massive Implications

An effort by President Trump’s administration to curb advertising for pharmaceutical drugs on television is posing a potential marketing hurdle for some of the country’s largest drugmakers while threatening a key revenue stream for media companies.

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