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Medicare Advantage Poses Challenges to Health Care Cost-Effectiveness and Equity

The Health Care Blog

With the Medicare Modernization Act, a “conservative” policy dedicated to minimizing the federal budget has cost the Medicare program significantly more than expected, as private health insurance corporations reap growing profits from Advantage members and the government, in the form of CMS reimbursements and rebates.

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Digital determinants of health important with growing technology usage

Association of Health Care Journalists

As these technologies become more widely embraced, there is a risk that people who lack digital access will be further victimized by a widening digital divide, and could “suffer from an exacerbation of health disparities,” Vigilante wrote. One issue is lack of broadband access.

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