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What You Need to Know About Elon Musk's DOGE's Access to Medicare Systems

Officials at Musk-led DOGE were given access to agency data systems and technology at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency with a $2 trillion budget.

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18 Things Medicare Gives You for Free

Medicare might not provide things entirely "for free," but some items and services are covered with no out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries under specific conditions.

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Medicare Advantage Plans: Prior Authorization Denial Rates

Will your care be denied? Medicare Advantage insurers use prior authorization to manage utilization and lower costs. How does your plan measure up?

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Meet the 24-year-old helping Lilly test a preventive Alzheimer’s drug

Children who inherit genetic mutations from parents with early-onset Alzheimer’s typically show signs of dementia at the same age their parents did.

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Trump’s Budget Director Pick, on Path to Confirmation, Could Hurt Millions of Working-Class Americans Including MAGA Voters

Russell Vought has long proposed deep cuts to social programs like Head Start and SNAP that benefit lower-income people, who were key to Trump's election in both red and swing states.

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Elon Musk's DOGE Targets Potential Fraud In Medicare And Medicaid

DOGE collaborates with CMS to investigate potential fraud in Medicare and Medicaid systems, aiming to combat improper payments and enhance efficiency.

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Trump Urged To Save Medicare Advantage From Underfunding

Biden administration's Medicare Advantage proposal raises concerns about underfunding and potential impacts on enrollees.

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Cigna Misses EPS: What It Means for the Health Insurance Industry

Cigna is one of the most efficiently managed health insurance companies evidenced by its foresight to sell its Medicare Advantage business before the fallout.

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Federal Employees Buyout Offer: Five Things to Consider

Federal workers have a constellation of retirement benefits, and assessing them can get complicated fast. Here are five high-stakes decisions to focus on.

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Could Elon Musk Be Paying Your Social Security Check?

Musk has had access the US Treasury payment system, which handles Social Security payments. Will your check be on time? Will your data be safe?

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Why Musk's access to the Treasury payment system is so dangerous

Critics sound the alarm after Musk and DOGE allies ‘given access’ to internal Treasury payment system

The Independent UK

3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care

Rural America faces many challenges that Congress and the federal government could help alleviate under the new Trump administration.

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Elon Musk's DOGE Gains Access to Treasury Data, Including Social Security and Medicare Payments

Elon Musk's department now has control over government-provided benefits, including Social Security, Medicare, SNAP, unemployment and more.

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Confusion over Liberal plan to cut public service

The opposition leader has vowed to slash the number of public sector workers but his frontbenchers have been more reserved, instead focusing on efficiency.

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How To Save Social Security — Pay More Taxes? Cut Benefits?

These proposals to save Social Security may require big changes, but Americans want politicians to act. Are you willing to pay more taxes?

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Retirees Can Live Comfortably for Under $2,000 a Month in This Charming Country

This Central American country offers stability, urban amenities and a chill lifestyle for ex-pats. It's also wildly affordable.

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RFK Jr. Confused Medicare and Medicaid: Here's the Difference

The HHS Secretary nominee confused Medicare and Medicaid programs, though he would be responsible for them. We break down the difference.

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Just Asking Questions About RFK Jr.'s Senate Hearing

And not much liking the answers.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Faces Criticism For Medicare Knowledge Gaps

Inaccuracies in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s description of Medicare components during confirmation hearings raise concerns among senators.

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RFK Jr.'s Rx: Take away health care

Kennedy's plan to "make America healthy": Replace real medical care with robots and lectures about diet

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr’s testimony offers a ‘through the looking glass’ moment for Democratic senators

Confirmation hearing was a spectacle as Democrats tried to hold a mirror to the nominee, only for him to step through

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Coach Chuck Pagano Is 'Unretiring' — What About You?

Chuck Pagano is joining the Baltimore Ravens after retiring four years ago. Here's what it takes to unretire.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Misstates Medicare And Medicaid Operations

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced criticism for misstating key aspects of Medicare and Medicaid during his confirmation hearing.

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr and Democrats clash over his vaccine history in confirmation hearing

Democrats confront Trump’s pick for health secretary over his seemingly contradictory statements

The Guardian - US

Trump’s Medicaid disruption threatens vital resource for millions of Americans

A brief shutdown of the federal health insurance program struck fear into patients – and concern about what’s to come

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