Medicare & Medicaid
A report calls for establishing universal coverage for all Americans' long-term care needs through Medicare.
Flu data from 2018, the closest analog, shows costs for patients could add up to hundreds or even thousands.
Brooks-LaSure formerly worked for the Obama Administration within CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The moves represent the new president's continued efforts to overhaul the agency amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The study suggests continued payment reforms and increasing computer-based decision-support tools.
Insurers posted profits, but are wary of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Q1 of this year.
The ACA business has improved, and Aetna will sell individual coverage in 2022, CEO says.
CMS cited the economic and health impacts of the pandemic, which make it difficult for Medicaid recipients to fulfill the work requirements.
The most widely offered benefits include vision, hearing, fitness and dental care.
As many as 3 million people lost their employer-based coverage between March and September of 2020.