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“Welcome to Medicare” event to be held next month
25 Apr 2025 21:19 GMT
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) - Do you need help understanding what Medicare offers … , will help residents understand what Medicare offers and how it can … benefits, prescription drug benefits, and both Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare supplement insurance …
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Rep. Feenstra makes first visit to Iowa Veterans Home
24 Apr 2025 05:45 GMT
… the Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act, with Feenstra … Medications Act, which was introduced by another member of Congress from Iowa … for the aforementioned medications should fall on … Congressman said cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security …
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Stand-Alone Drug Plans Cover a Larger Share of Medicare Part D Enrollees Living in the Most Rural Areas Than Medicare Advantage Plans
23 Apr 2025 20:13 GMT
… affordability of Part D drug coverage among Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in PDPs … , Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Montana, Vermont, Illinois, New Hampshire … in stand-alone prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage drug plans in counties …
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Four Iowa nursing homes added to newly revived list of the nation’s worst care facilities
10 Apr 2025 22:31 GMT
… , the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had, … list, there are six Iowa care facilities that remain …
Other violations related to handling medications, management of residents’ funds, … that failure to provide the drug “could be potentially fatal …
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Iowa City rallies for immigrants, federal workers, the VA, health benefits, science and LGBTQ rights at Hands Off! protest of Trump administration
08 Apr 2025 20:00 GMT
… issues at the University of Iowa, and explained, “When diversity, … the VA, Medicaid and Medicare are focused on serving Americans … wristband and then scan the medication. That was invented at … Campos of Escucha Mi Voz Iowa.
Speaking through an interpreter, …
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The skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for a solution
06 Apr 2025 12:59 GMT
… prescribed specifically for weight loss. Iowa lawmakers are thinking about ordering … to cover the medications under Medicare’s Part D prescription drug coverage. Biden … unsuccessful.
Makowicki said GLP-1 drugs combined with weight-loss surgery …
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Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare
24 Mar 2025 19:03 GMT
… the payment system in traditional Medicare. Whereas Medicare overwhelmingly reimburses hospitals post … Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a longtime Medicare Advantage champion who last … rein in drug prices, it has been aligned with the Medicare Advantage …
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Great River Health to host 'Welcome to Medicare' seminars
20 Mar 2025 22:01 GMT
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• Prescription drug benefits (Part D)
• Medicare Advantage plans
• Medicare supplement insurance
• Identifying Medicare fraud … these times and locations:
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, Fort Madison …
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Lucas County Health Center to host free ‘Welcome to Medicare’ seminar
20 Mar 2025 02:58 GMT
… partnership with the State of Iowa’s Senior Health Insurance Information …
• Prescription Drug Benefits (Part D)
• Medicare Advantage Plans
• Medicare Supplement Insurance
• Identifying Medicare Fraud … about SHIIP, visit www.shiip.iowa.gov or call 1-800 …
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Is Elon Musk following the example of Iowa 'useful pest' H.R. Gross?
16 Mar 2025 12:26 GMT
… Treasury.” He represented northeast Iowa for 26 years in Congress … overdose on a LGBTQ party drug.
Need a break? Play … programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid account for about … spending, waste, and fraud. Medicare Grey Panther recipients will jump …