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Dr. Oz snack shames staff to eat less over holiday season: ‘You don’t have to try every cookie’

Among the advice Oz sent, he suggested people keep one hand free while eating and drinking and utilize small plates to prevent overeating

The Independent UK

Part B Premiums Spike To $202.90 Next Year, Shrinking Social Security's COLA For Millions

Millions of older Americans will see a larger chunk of their Social Security cost-of-living adjustment disappear next year as Medicare Part B premiums climb to their highest level yet. The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services has confirmed that the standard Part B premium will rise to $202.90 per month in…

Benzinga

Dr. Oz has a big idea to make America great again: Make elderly work till they drop

Trump’s Administrator of the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, wants elderly boomers to work till they’re 65 because the economy surely needs their bodies more than they and their families do. Right?

The Mary Sue

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Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut: ‘I would have died without it’

Nearly 28,000 people relied on Glenn Medical center for its services, but now they will have to travel more than 30 miles for care

The Guardian - US

Aetna Expands Hospital Program To Cut Readmissions

Aetna, a CVS Health Inc. (NYSE:CVS) company, announced it will scale the Aetna Clinical Collaboration (ACC) program to ten hospitals by year-end, with implementations underway with AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Houston Methodist, and WakeMed Health Hospitals.

Benzinga

Medtronic Stock Is Climbing Friday: What's Going On?

On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a significant step toward broader adoption of renal denervation (RDN) by offering coverage for both radiofrequency (rfRDN) and ultrasound (uRDN) technologies for uncontrolled hypertension. This coverage would be granted under a Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) framework, requiring treatment within…

Benzinga

The Social Security Fairness Act May Change How You Pay Medicare Premiums

If you receive an upward adjustment to your monthly Social Security benefits due to the SSFA, how you pay your Medicare premiums might change.

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Federal judge blocks rule that would have given DACA recipients access to Affordable Care Act coverage

The temporary injunction issued Monday would affect roughly 90,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration

Officials in Oregon, Colorado and other states are waiting for Biden officials to approve plans to automatically register hundreds of thousands of eligible voters when they apply for Medicaid.

WEKU

Affordable Care Act enrollment deadline is Tuesday. Don’t miss out on health care coverage in 2024

The ACA, also known as Obamacare, is far from perfect. But it continues to improve and could keep you from going broke in the event of a life-altering illness or injury.

Chicago Sun-Times

Medicare starts a long road to cutting prices for drugs, starting with 10 costing it $50.5 billion annually – a health policy analyst explains why negotiations are promising but will take years

The Biden administration released on Aug. 29, 2023, a list of the first 10 drugs that will be up for negotiations with pharmaceutical companies over their Medicare prices.

The Conversation

Most US nursing homes are understaffed, potentially compromising health care for more than a million elderly residents

More than 80% of U.S. nursing homes reported staffing shortages in early 2023. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and asked her how the shortage affects health care for nursing home residents, if…

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