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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 — …