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                        <![CDATA[Medicare Provides Coverage, But Care Depends on Location]]>
                        17 Oct 2025 07:57 GMT
                         …  by preventive care, potentially harmful medications, hospital and emergency department use … , low per-person Medicare spending and Medicare Advantage and drug plans that provide …  from 20.6 years in Hawaii to 16.1 years in … 
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                        <![CDATA[Medicare State Rankings Reveal Stark Differences in Access, Quality, and Affordability]]>
                        17 Oct 2025 02:25 GMT
                         … are tradeoffs between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and the … use of high-risk medications was the highest in  … 0% in Louisiana. Prescription drug costs varied by state …  Hawaii combines the longest life expectancy with the lowest Medicare spending … 
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                        Louisiana ranks last in latest Medicare scorecard; here's why
                        16 Oct 2025 14:41 GMT
                         … offer more generous Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, lower  … adults receiving potentially inappropriate medications and 29.4% of …  income for seniors in Hawaii, the top-ranking state …  rates of potentially inappropriate medication use (28.8%)  … 
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                        New Report Sharpens Doubt About Medicare Advantage As Open Enrollment Begins
                        16 Oct 2025 14:20 GMT
                         … specialist referrals, prescribing certain drugs, tests and procedures,  … and the Food and Drug Administration, respectively)  … medications among seniors. Privatization opponents like the Center for Medicare … New Hampshire, Maine and Hawaii were, in order, the … 
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                        Commonwealth Fund: Medicare member experience varies by state
                        16 Oct 2025 13:07 GMT
                         …  serious differences in prescription drug costs. In the U …  16 years. In Hawaii, where Medicare spending per beneficiary is … Fund, statewide differences in Medicare experiences boil down to … states where Medicare Advantage plans and prescription drug plans offer … 
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                        State Analyses: Medicare Drug Plan Premiums and Availability Under the Inflation Reduction Act
                        25 Sep 2025 08:22 GMT
                        
                           …  supply of the analyzed drugs and excluded those that  … 
                          California
                          Colorado
                          Florida
                          Georgia
                          Hawaii
                          Idaho
                          Illinois
                          Indiana
                          Iowa … set of medicines through the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDNP) …  covered Part D drugs. Part D drugs are typically picked …
                         
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                        Shutdown forces Medicare patients off telehealth, hospital-at-home programs
                        10 Oct 2025 16:30 GMT
                        
                           … increasingly popular — options for Medicare recipients. They allowed doctors  … the dosing of my medication was still accurate,  … congressional action to make Medicare telehealth permanent. Bipartisan  … in Hawaii.
                          There’s no reason for non-Medicare insurers …
                         
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                        Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs
                        10 Oct 2025 12:40 GMT
                        
                           … increasingly popular — options for Medicare recipients. They allowed doctors  … the dosing of my medication was still accurate,  … congressional action to make Medicare telehealth permanent. Bipartisan  … in Hawaii.
                          There’s no reason for non-Medicare insurers …
                         
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                        The Phoenix in Conversation with Hawaii Governor Josh Green ’92
                        09 Oct 2025 09:40 GMT
                         … in rural Hawaii — no access to mental healthcare, drug treatment, or …  working with your colleagues. Hawaii has supermajorities of Democrats,  …  the diverse community in Hawaii. How have you approached …  head of [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]. He  … 
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                        Doctors cancel telehealth appointments as Medicare coverage lapses
                        03 Oct 2025 18:43 GMT
                         … Action, which advocates for permanent Medicare telehealth coverage. “Patients desperate … can still prescribe Hill’s medications, but Hill doesn’t …  then lose access to medications and treatment that slow the … by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has 65 co-sponsors — …