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Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse Aides On March 20, 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and as part of a long list of blanket waivers and flexibilities granted to nursing … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 15, 2021

Congress Begins Debate About Adding Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits to Medicare – Now is the Time to Act Congress is poised to strengthen our country’s safety net, including adding critical benefits to the Medicare program. Today, the House … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 9, 2021

Medicare is at a Crossroads – Time to Dispel Myths Hindering an Historic Expansion of Benefits Congress is in the midst of putting together an historic legislative package that would expand and strengthen our country’s safety net in a number of … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 2, 2021

Nursing Home Residents Have Private Right of Action to Enforce the Nursing Home Reform Law Against Publicly-Owned Facilities In Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, et al, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 26, 2021

Report Examines High Spending on Medicare Advantage Plans This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a report entitled “Higher and Faster Growing Spending Per Medicare Advantage Enrollee Adds to Medicare's Solvency and Affordability … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 19, 2021

Congress Sets the Stage for Important Medicare Improvements Earlier this week, the Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, followed by a party-line approval of a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for a reconciliation bill.  … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 12, 2021

Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rules That Would Diminish Access to Medicare Home Health Care The Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) has prepared comments about Medicare-covered home health services in response to the Centers for Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 5, 2021

Celebrating Medicare’s 56th Anniversary and Its Leadership in Advancing Health Equity The Center for Medicare Advocacy’s mission includes advancing equitable access to quality health care. We ground our policy proposals and advocacy in health … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 29, 2021

Advocates Call on Congress to Improve Medicare On July 20, 2021, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and nine other organizations sent a letter to Congress and the Biden Administration, urging them to move forward with improvements to the Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 22, 2021

Remembering John Lewis As Congress discusses historic legislation to improve Medicare and access to health care for all, we remember a titan of health care and equity, Rep. John Lewis, as this weekend marks the anniversary of his passing. Often … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 15, 2021