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Nuevas protecciones contra facturas médicas inesperadas: Lo que necesita saber sobre la Ley Sin Sorpresas

El 1 de enero de 2022, entró en vigencia una nueva ley que ayuda a proteger a las personas de cargos inesperados por algunos tipos de atención médica. Esta ley, la Ley Sin Sorpresas, se aplica a la...

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New Protections from Unexpected Medical Bills: What You Need to Know about the No Surprises Act

On January 1, 2022, a new law went into effect that helps protect people from unexpected charges for some types of medical care. This law, the No Surprises Act, applies to people with health insurance...

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The Time is Now for Administrative Action to Improve Medicare Dental Coverage

With millions of older adults and people with disabilities unable to afford the dental care they need to stay healthy, adding oral health coverage to Medicare is both much needed and in high demand. T...

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Advancing Equity in 2022: Federal Policy Priorities to Promote Health Equity and Health System Transformation

Our nation must heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a disproportionate toll on people of color and exposed painful but persistent truths about structural inequities in access to...

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What Children and Families Need in Budget Reconciliation: Policy Recommendations to Improve Health and Well-Being

As Congress works to develop a robust budget reconciliation package, now is the time to ensure the inclusion of legislation that advances health equity and improves the health of parents and their chi...

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Our Broken Drug Pricing and Patent System Diverts Resources Away from Innovation and into Mergers, Patent Gaming and Price Gouging

As Congress considers ways to reform drug pricing this year, it is, unsurprisingly, being met with heavy resistance from paid special interests, including pharmaceutical companies’ lawyers and lobby...

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Racial Justice and the Social Determinants of Health: Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities in June 2021

As our nation honors Juneteenth as a national holiday for the first time, this is a critical moment to recommit to the goal of racial justice in health care. June 2021 is a uniquely important inflecti...

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Protecting the Health of our Nation’s Essential Workers: Congress Must Lift the “Five-Year Bar” on Medicaid and CHIP

As Congress continues to address the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that they take immediate action to address a longstanding, unnecessary gap in health coverage by lifting t...

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Too Many People Are Skipping or Changing Medications Because They Are Too Expensive

In every U.S. state, a disturbingly high percentage of people face the impossible choice of foregoing or rationing medications so they can afford other basic needs. This pattern is consistent year ove...

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Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare Part B: What About Medicare Advantage or Medigap Plans?

Today, Medicare excludes coverage of routine preventive and restorative oral health care except in limited circumstances. As a result, only half of Medicare enrollees saw a dental provider in the last...

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