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Happy Thanksgiving from the Center for Medicare AdvocacyAs families gather this week, we at the Center are reminded of some of the many reasons we have to be thankful.The visionaries who designed, launched and supported Medicare to help all … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 24, 2021

2022 Medicare Cost-Sharing Rates ReleasedOn November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs.Each year, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 18, 2021

Landscape of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Plans in 2022The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released reports on Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plan offerings in 2022.  The MA report notes that “[f]or 2022, the average Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 11, 2021

Eileen Ossen: In Memory, With GratitudeThe Center for Medicare Advocacy joins in sorrow with the family, friends, and CT community upon the death of Eileen Ossen. Eileen was a wonderful person with an innate optimism, generosity, and easy … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 4, 2021

CMA Report | Privatization of County-Owned Nursing Facilities is Not Good for Residents, Staff, or StatesIn a May 1, 1998 report entitled “Nursing Home Privatization: What Is the Human Cost?”[1] the Pennsylvania-based Keystone Research Center … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 21, 2022

Medicare Annual Enrollment Period | October 15 – December 7With the Medicare open enrollment period beginning on October 15, we encourage Medicare beneficiaries to choose carefully between traditional Medicare and joining a private Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 14, 2021

Analysis Provides Options for Containing the Cost of a New Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision BenefitThe USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy recently posted an analysis entitled Options for containing the cost of a new Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – October 7, 2021

Congress Continues to Negotiate Potential Historic Expansion of Medicare – The Time to Act Is NowNegotiations in Congress about the size and scope of a transformative reconciliation package are at a critical stage.  Policymakers are weighing … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – September 30, 2021

New Research Raises Questions About Medicare Advantage PaymentsA recent study found that double bonuses for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are not an efficient mechanism to improve the program, and are not equitable in allocation of those dollars, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 23, 2021

Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse AidesOn 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