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Medicare Part D

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Improving Health Care Quality

Medicare’s Mental Health Coverage: What’s Included, What’s Changed, and What Gaps Remain

Explainer / Mar 02, 2023

Improving Health Care Quality

The Challenges of Choosing Medicare Coverage: Views from Insurance Brokers and Agents

Publication / Feb 28, 2023

Bottles of prescription drugs move down an automated line at Intermountain Heathcare in Midvale, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2018. For the first time, Medicare will be negotiating with drug manufacturers to set prices for certain high-cost prescription medications — a change that could save as much as $100 billion over 10 years. Photo: George Frey/Getty Images

Controlling Health Care Costs

CMS Announces Public Comment and Engagement Opportunities in Medicare Drug Negotiation Process

Blog / Jan 20, 2023

James Cammick reads literature on Medicare at a Senior Citizens Prom sponsored by the MetroPlus, a prepaid health services plan, on June 23, 2017 in New York City.

Improving Health Care Quality

The Role of Marketing in Medicare Beneficiaries’ Coverage Choices

Explainer / Jan 05, 2023

Illustration of medicine and dollar signs being crushed by a signed bill

Controlling Health Care Costs

What the Inflation Reduction Act Really Means for Health Care

Podcast / Sep 09, 2022

Finlay_Medicare Advantage Primer

Controlling Health Care Costs

Medicare Advantage: A Policy Primer

Explainer / May 03, 2022

white and blue capsule pills in a row

Controlling Health Care Costs

Domestic Reference Pricing and Its Potential Role in Medicare Pharmaceutical Price Negotiations

Explainer / Oct 26, 2021

Achieving Universal Coverage

Agent Commissions in Medicare and the Impact on Beneficiary Choice

Blog / Oct 12, 2021

Woman in mask and hat walks outside of CVS pharmacy in parking lot

Controlling Health Care Costs

Medicare Patients Pay More for Drugs Than Older Adults in Other Countries; Congress Has an Opportunity to Move Forward

Blog / Sep 30, 2021

Medicare recipient sorting prescriptions

Controlling Health Care Costs

Inflation Rebate Penalty for Drug Companies

Explainer / Jun 17, 2021

Pharmacist and patient discussing prescription drugs

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Case for Drug-Pricing Reform — The Cost of Inaction

Blog / May 26, 2021

Pills pouring out into a mans hand

Controlling Health Care Costs

Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices

Explainer / May 05, 2021

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