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Monthly Archives: September 2017

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Legislative Update: September/October 2017

“Patients Are Getting Hammered” By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Earlier this year, lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced the Improving Access to Affordable…

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Legislative Update for Week Ending September 22, 2017

This week, lawmakers in the Senate ended bipartisan discussions to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual market and instead moved forward with a plan…

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Extreme Drug Cost Variation Between Drug Plans in Medicare Part D

(Washington, DC) – Medicare doesn’t have the authority to negotiate drug prices, leaving millions of older Americans at risk of price gouging for their prescription…

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Legislative Update for Week Ending September 15, 2017

This week, lawmakers in the Senate continued working on plans to reform the healthcare system. In addition, The Senior Citizens League saw five key bills…

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Legislative Update for Week Ending September 8, 2017

This week, lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill following the month-long August recess and quickly passed legislation to temporarily fund the federal government and lift the…

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Beneficiaries’ Healthcare Costs Growing Faster Than Medicare Trustees Estimate, According to Survey By The Senior Citizens League

(Washington, DC) – Rapidly-growing Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs swallow more than one-third of the Social Security benefits of 33 percent of older Americans, according…

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Legislative Update for Week Ending September 1, 2017

For this week, lawmakers in the House and Senate remained in their home states and districts for the final week before they return to Washington…

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