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2026 CMS Final Rule: What Agents Need to Know Now
The proposed 2026 CMS Final Rule has the potential to reshape the Medicare landscape, and as licensed agents, you need to prepare now for what may be implemented. A key change...
ACA: 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the “Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule” that proposes standards for the Health Insurance...
Is Medicare Stopping Telehealth in 2025? All About the Extended Waivers and Possible Exceptions
With Medicare telehealth services expanding significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans are now asking: Is Medicare ending telehealth in 2025? While some temporary...
10 Things to Know About Medicaid
Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health and long-term care to 83 million low-income people in the United States. Medicaid accounts for...
What Forced CMS to Terminate the MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model?
In December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was terminating the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of...
Medicare Statistics and Facts In 2025
Medicare Statistics at a Glance As of April 2024, approximately 67.3 million U.S. adults are enrolled in Medicare coverage, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Trump administration slashes funding for ObamaCare outreach program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday announced health insurance navigators will receive just $10 million per year over the next four years. Navigators...
Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire?
Enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies were first made available as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 and were extended through the end of 2025 by the Inflation...
UPDATE: 11th Circuit Vacates FCC’s One-to-One TCPA Consent Rule
While Monday was the original compliance deadline for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) new one-to-one consent requirement under its Telephone Consumer...
How Does the Affordable Care Act Affect Medicare?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) set out to make healthcare more affordable. It had various effects on Medicare, such as improving coverage and eliminating the drug coverage gap...