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Senators Try to Save Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

Senators Try to Save Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

Last week, President Trump announced that he would not be continuing federal payments to insurers for cost-sharing reductions offered on the health insurance exchanges. These payments, known as cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs), have been a major source of...

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A Special Enrollment Period for Hurricane Victims

A Special Enrollment Period for Hurricane Victims

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced recently that people affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria may be eligible for a special enrollment period for Medicare as well as the health insurance exchanges. These changes could make it easier for...

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Preventing Eye Injuries in Children

Preventing Eye Injuries in Children

Children are resilient, but this doesn’t mean that safety precautions shouldn’t be taken to protect them from preventable injuries. Eye injuries are among the most common in school-aged children because this is the time in their life when they’re most active and...

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5 Reasons to Get Your Flu Shot this Season

5 Reasons to Get Your Flu Shot this Season

With the start of fall comes the start of flu season. This year, H1N1 and two other variations of the flu are expected to circulate throughout the country. Flu activity usually begins to increase during October and reaches its most prominent point between December and...

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Tom Price Out as HHS Secretary

Tom Price Out as HHS Secretary

Despite indications that he planned to fight for his job, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned his position amid accusations of abusing taxpayer funds. An HHS probe was determining whether Price violated the law when he used charter jets at a cost of...

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7 Signs Your Child Needs a Vision Checkup

7 Signs Your Child Needs a Vision Checkup

With the 2017 school year in swing for much of the country, there’s no time like the present to determine if your child needs glasses to correct his vision. Contrary to popular belief, glasses aren’t only for fixing nearsightedness and farsightedness. In fact, they...

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