medicare
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Rethinking Medicare after COVID-era Obamacare subsidies | SLOAN
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Congress is getting all twisted up over health care policy again, and every time they do so it is generally a polemical skirmish regarding one of two things: A) how to deal with whatever problem the government created in health care; or B) how to deal with high costs, a problem largely created by government.…
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Lawmakers, Gov. Jared Polis clash on Medicaid provider rates
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Colorado legislators on Tuesday heard from an advisory committee, which proposed making several adjustments to the state’s reimbursement rates for health care facilities that provide services to Medicaid patients. The proposal from the Medicaid Provider Rate Review Advisory Committee diverged from Gov. Jared Polis’ own proposed changes outlined in his budget proposal for the next…
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Lawmakers give bill allowing hospital visits another chance after heartbreaking testimony from families affected by COVID
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Richard Gillham, a resident of Peetz in northern Logan County, was a farmer all his life. Rim Ranch, which his family owns, is one of Colorado’s Centennial farms, a designation awarded to farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years. He loved his wife of 48 years, Nita, and adored…
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Colorado-based health care provider for seniors sanctioned over failure to deliver services
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In twin actions, federal and state officials on Thursday suspended enrollment by elderly Coloradans with the state’s largest provider of community-based home health care after concluding the company failed to deliver medically necessary services to patients. Officials with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) told the president and CEO of Denver-based InnovAge on Wednesday that the agency…
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SLOAN | Dems would make our costly mess of a health care system costlier and messier
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Of the sundry issues floating about this high political season, one which seems to most animate Democrats (aside from more abstract concerns such as hatred for the president) is health care, and it is one which has invaded the most high-profile of Colorado’s state races, in particular that for governor. By “health care,” of course,…
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Sen. Bennet seeks transparency in drug pricing at hearing
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WASHINGTON – A top Trump administration official explained a proposed prescription drug price policy during a congressional hearing Tuesday that drew a caution from Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. “There is a complete lack of transparency in this industry, and it’s not just in drugs, it’s everything in health care,” Bennet said. Until consumers can…
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Sen. Michael Bennet to discuss Senate GOP tax bill on Facebook Tuesday evening
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is hosting a Facebook live town hall on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (7:30 ET) p.m. The question-and-answer session will focus on the Senate Republican tax bill. Bennet is asking constituents to submit questions ahead of time on Facebook, or, submit questions by emailing Townhall@bennet.senate.gov. Those who want to listen to…
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FEEDBACK: Tax reform, health care reform and George Brauchler
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Tax-reform legislation threatens nonprofits On behalf of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, I want to share that the Colorado Nonprofit Association board of directors has officially stated its opposition to the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (H.R. 1) now pending in Congress. Our board’s official statement can be found here: https://www.coloradononprofits.org/news/colorado-nonprofit-association-opposes-house-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act/nov-13-2017 In its current form, the bill…
