Experts point to well-publicized turmoil at the government agency last year as a potential spark.
Category: Elderly
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It’s Time to Shop Medicare, and This Year, It’s Extra Important
The New York Times – Business:Be sure to read your mail this fall — big changes to prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage provider networks are coming, and could cost you more.
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Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
The New York Times – Business:As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.
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Trump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting Covid
The New York Times – Business:The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.
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What to Do If You’re Laid Off and Too Young for Medicare
The New York Times – Business:At best, older, laid-off workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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‘The Oldest Person in the World’ and the Lessons of Mortality
The New York Times – Movies:The director Sam Green interviewed a succession of (mostly) women who held that title. The results make us contemplate our own time on Earth.
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CCRCs Are Expanding Retirement Home Care to Seniors’ Own Homes
The New York Times – Business:Continuing care retirement communities are widening their scope to help retirees age in place, with measured supports and a way to cap the soaring costs of aging.
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A $480,000-a-Year Pill Reflects a New Normal for Cancer Drugs
The New York Times – Business:Rasonque, the new pancreatic cancer treatment from Revolution Medicines, illustrates the huge inflation in cancer drug prices over the past two decades.
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‘Intrinsic Capacity’: The Most Important Longevity Term You’ve Never Heard Of
The New York Times – On the Runway:Intrinsic capacity is quickly becoming a preferred way to measure and assess human aging.
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Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe
The New York Times – On the Runway:A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe.