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Medicaid Saved My Life &Raquo; Medicaid 2

Medicaid Saved My Life

When I was younger, I was poor, very poor. So, the only way I was able to see a doctor was through Medicaid. Because Medicaid covered my well-child visits and vaccinations, when I was seeing my doctor, she noticed I had a lump which turned into neuroblastoma cancer. Lucky for me she caught it early. […]

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Medicaid: A Lifeline, Not A Luxury &Raquo; 2570

Medicaid: A Lifeline, Not a Luxury

Why Expansion is Smart Policy and Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is Cruel Trump’s “Big beautiful bill” would gut Medicaid and jeopardize healthcare for millions. by Mark M. Bello While Donald Trump is once again touting his so-called “great, big, beautiful bill” — this time slashing Medicaid and essential support for low-income families while handing out […]

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Middle Class Gets the Most from Medicare

This is a fact of retirement life: older Americans haven’t paid as much into Medicare and Medicaid as government spends on their healthcare and nursing home stays. But it is middle-class retirees who get the most out of the system, according to a new study. Middle-income households receive about $230,000 to $260,000 more in Medicare […]

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Traditional Medicare or an Advantage Plan?

Medicare Advantage or traditional Medicare with supplemental insurance: which should you choose? A compelling reason so many 65-year-olds are flocking to Medicare Advantage insurance policies is that they tend to have significantly lower premiums than enrolling directly in traditional Medicare. Retirees are also inundated with advertisements on television, online and in the mail urging them […]

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A Start on Estimating Retiree Medical Costs

New Medicare enrollees can expect their uncertain medical expenses to take roughly $67,000 out of the household budget, on average, over the rest of their lives. Since this estimate is only an average, some retirees will pay less and some will pay much more. And the estimate, revealed in a new brief by Karolos Arapakis […]

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Good News on Health Insurance in Pandemic

To paraphrase a U.S. senator in 1977, the moral test of government is how it treats the sick, the poor, and children. That rings especially true during an historic public health emergency like COVID. Congress came through with financial relief to blunt the pandemic’s impact, and the money that flowed through the economy provided more […]

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