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Medicare Advantage "Working" for Seniors, but Not for Taxpayers, Experts Say

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (193+ words) Top experts at a University of Pennsylvania panel discussion explain why the Medicare Advantage program is a consumer success but a policy failure...

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Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Post-FFS Spike

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (20+ words) Health policy experts discuss how CMS could prevent temporary spending shocks in FFS Medicare from impacting future Medicare Advantage payments....

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Insurer Acquisition of PBMs Raised Some Part D Premiums

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (929+ words) Briefing: Delivered to the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Health Advisors Report from His Penn Fireside Chat with Ezekiel Emanuel about Drug Pricing A New Review Finds Hospital Mergers Raise Prices Without Improving Care, and Urges Regulators to Stop Accepting…...

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ldi. upenn. edu > our-work > research-updates > why-you-may-have-fewer-health-insurance-choices-than-your-neighbor

Medicare Advantage Risk-Based Provider Payments

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (613+ words) Health insurers choose the counties where they sell plans on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. As a result, many people find they have fewer health insurance options than their neighbors in the next county, a new LDI study found....

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