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November 16, 2023

CMS Changes Network Adequacy And Open Enrollment For State Exchanges The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is mandating that State Exchanges follow federal network adequacy as well as open enrollment periods, among other changes. #networkadequacy #cms #aca #exchanges #obamacare Link to Article Commonwealth Fund Study Shows Impact of High Cost Healthcare System In The U.S. Must read report from the Commonwealth Fund on the impact of our high costs in America on citizens’ access to healthcare. Commonwealth compares us to eight other countries and finds that Americans skipped medical care more often and had more problems handling or paying a bill. American adults face wider income-related disparities in healthcare affordability compared to adults in other high-income countries. This all links back to the fact that America is the only developed nation without affordable universal access to healthcare. It should be noted that other developed nations do much better than

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November 15, 2023

Great Series on America’s Long-Term Care Problem Congratulations to the Kaiser Family Foundation and The New York Times on the first in a series of articles on America’s long-term care crisis. America needs an aging policy. The series shows real-life examples of the impact of not having a national agenda on aging. It clearly shows that the lack of adequate supports for the elderly also impacts other generations, including children’s loss of income to take care of an elderly loved one. In my book (available for purchase on this website), I devote a chapter to aging and recommend ways to make services available to all in an income-based buy-in strategy. Not addressing aging will only drive long-term care and medical costs even higher in the future. In addition to the NYT story and press release at the link below, here is a link to the KFF summary of a survey

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