Mary wanted to select a Medicare Advantage plan. She was overwhelmed by the numerous options. She decided to contact Suzie at Wenatchee Insurance for guidance.
With more than 50 percent of Medicare beneficiaries in private plans, there’s increasing concern that it’s too difficult to switch out.
With a few quirky exceptions, many of the president-elect’s picks are within the bounds of orthodox GOP views.
Those organizing the debate want to see Social Security and Medicare cut, so they are framing the topic in a way that cuts to these programs will seem like the only reasonable answer.
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Tech companies are pushing remote monitoring service to doctors as a way to keep tabs on patients with chronic illnesses and free up appointment time.
Democrats’ anti-corruption bill HR 1 has good poll numbers behind it. But can they make it law?
Last week, the federal government announced that premiums for nearly all of its existing long-term care insurance policies will increase—by an average of 83 percent. In other words, they will almost double for federal employees and retirees. What does such a price hike on current policies mean for consumers, and for [...]
There are so many complex rules for the program that provides health insurance for Americans 65 and older. Here are some basic guidelines to get you started.
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Benefits of nationwide Medicare plans include an integrated healthcare center with drug therapy management.
Elizabeth Warren is so fed up with one of the country’s top Wall Street regulators that she’s fired off a lengthy letter expressing her “disappointment.”
The former president revisited his previous assertions that Jewish Americans were being disloyal.
The "Medicare-for-all" plan championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders,would cripple union health plans and leave workers with something far worse,
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With the number of Americans over 65 with dementia projected to more than double by 2060, many need hospice care.
Calling all Government teachers! Do you want your students to understand the Federal Budget? Do you want them to think critically about where their tax dollars go and how our tax code works? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this is the perfect lesson for you. In this lesson, students complete a brief warm-up assessing their knowledge of the federal budget/taxes. Then, the teacher walks the students through some notes that explain the differences between mandatory spending and discretionary spending. Finally, using a series of infographics from the Congressional Budget Office, students identify the amount politicians in Washington spend on education, healthcare, defense, transportation, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, student loans, space exploration, and many additional line items. Finally, students answer a few higher-order reflection questions connecting what they learned in class to big issues facing the American people today. If you teach a Government class, this activity is a great way to prepare your students for life after graduation. Americans need to have an elementary understanding of our government, taxation, and government spending if we are to have any hope of solving the many issues that will face our nation in the next three-quarters of this century. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT: A packet for students to work on. This file includes a warm-up, notes, and the main activity. Detailed infographics prepared by the Congressional Budget Office: https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-03/58888-Budget-Infographic.pdf An answer key to make prep and grading as easy as possible! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE PART OF THIS ACTIVITY! This activity was designed in 2023. Since the Federal Budget is constantly changing, this product may require periodic revisions to remain relevant. If any of those changes occur, I will keep everyone who purchases this product in the loop. ANSWER KEY INCLUDED. This lesson is designed to be low or no prep. Print, pass out, and teach! As always, feel free to edit/revise this document. When you purchase this product, you can make any changes as you see fit. Questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to ask a question! All the best, Social Studies Surplus.
Everyone thinks the way we pay Medicare doctors is dumb. Now Washington is actually fixing it.
WASHINGTON — Democrats bailed out House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) from a predicament on Friday by helping him pass a bill to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. For one week.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug in June even though its panel of scientific advisers said there was not enough evidence to show it was effective.
Mitch McConnell warns that if his bill fails, they’ll have to work with Democrats.
The administration's budget still matters, even though it's late and the House and Senate have approved their own spending blueprints for fiscal 2014. President Obama laid down markers that could lead to changes in Medicare and Medicaid and affect funding for a broad array of health programs.
Despite losing in 2016, he triumphed in other ways. Ironically, his success four years ago may impede his second candidacy
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 12: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), speaks while flanked by House Republican leaders on Capitol Hill July 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. Speaker Ryan announced the House GOP's-election-year agenda. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) With the holidays quickly approaching, Republicans in Congress are eager to finally think [...]
Pointing to his tireless advocacy on behalf of Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, National Nurses United announces its support.
The moderate think tank is gearing up to push for expanding trade deals.
Preliminary figures suggest cost of living adjustment of 1.5% -- $17 a month on average.
Beginning Jan. 1.
Approved with vote of 342-80, House Resolution 11 calls Security Council's anti-settlements measure a 'one-sided' obstacle to peace
I've watched blood and bone marrow from dying poor people save rich ones. But I've never seen it in reverse.
Government has been part of the business of medicine at least since the 1940s, when Washington began appropriating billions of dollars to build private and government hospitals.
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Both programs are incredibly popular, and both are set to run out of money in the coming decades. They don't have to.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday asked the department's inspector general to investigate the performance of private...
“The facts are going to come out about Russia. I hope they do. But there’s a lot more to this. Just like Russia, just like racism has been a thing…
According to a report from Politico, Donald Trump will be hitting the road next week where he will visit battleground states in an effort to steal headlines while the Democrats hold their national convention to select former Vice President Joe Biden as their presidential nominee.With the physical co...
Getting tens of millions of people newly insured is an expensive proposition, and one that is costing $273.6 billion in additional insurance overhead , according to a ...
As many of you know, we’ve been busy creating materials to teach students how to study effectively: there are presentations that teachers can show in class, posters that can be hung around the classroom, bookmarks and stickers to remind .
During his State of the Union speech, Biden said some Republicans wanted to target Social Security and Medicare. In Wisconsin Wednesday, he named names.
After being diagnosed with the degenerative and ultimately terminal disease ALS, he transformed himself into a symbol for health reform.
Information for Patients Washington’s hospitals are committed to ensuring patients get the hospital care they need regardless of their ability to pay for that care. Providing health care to those
Kamala Harris’s Medicare For All looks a lot like current Medicare. That’s why Sanders doesn’t like it.
