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		<title>Key Facts About Medicare Drug Price Negotiation</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/key-facts-about-medicare-drug-price-negotiation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjuliettec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seniors]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, the federal government negotiates prices with drug companies for certain high-cost drugs covered under Medicare Part B and Part D. This brief provides information about several key aspects of the Medicare drug price negotiation program, with a focus on the 2028 implementation year. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Medicare’s Temporary Program Covering GLP-1s for Obesity Means for Beneficiaries</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-take/what-medicares-temporary-program-covering-glp-1s-for-obesity-means-for-beneficiaries/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[CMS’s efforts to expand Medicare coverage of GLP-1s for obesity could provide substantial benefits to millions of Medicare beneficiaries, given the potential demand for these highly effective medications…There are potential drawbacks to the short-term program, however.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">704347</post-id>
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		<title>Analyzing Changes in Medicare Part D Enrollment for 2026</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/analyzing-changes-in-medicare-part-d-enrollment-for-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjuliettec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit is provided by private plans, either Medicare Advantage plans that offer drug coverage (MA-PDs) or, for those in traditional Medicare, stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs). New data from CMS shows that 56 million people are enrolled in Part D plans as of February 2026, with more in MA-PDs than PDPs, reflecting higher overall enrollment in Medicare Advantage than in traditional Medicare. Enrollment in group MA-PD plans decreased while group PDP enrollment increased.]]></description>
		
		
		
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			<media:title type="html">Medicare Part D_56.1 Million Enrollees as of February 2026_FI</media:title>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage Enrollment Grew by About 1 Million People, Mainly Due to Special Needs Plans</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/medicare-advantage-enrollment-grew-by-about-1-million-people-mainly-due-to-special-needs-plans/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicare/medicare-advantage-enrollment-grew-by-about-1-million-people-mainly-due-to-special-needs-plans/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjeanniefb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managed Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just over 35 million people are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in February 2026, an increase of 1.1 million since a year ago. The increase was largely driven by increased enrollment in special needs plans. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Health Insurer Financial Performance in 2024</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/health-insurer-financial-performance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjaredo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individual Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managed Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis of trends in health insurers’ financial data shows that insurers’ gross margins per enrollee dipped slightly in 2024 across four markets, remaining highest in the Medicare Advantage market, followed by the individual (non-group) market, the fully insured group (employer) market, and Medicaid managed care. The analysis also examines insurers’ medical-loss ratios across the four markets.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The IRA Has Improved Coverage of Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/the-ira-has-improved-coverage-of-drugs-selected-for-medicare-price-negotiation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjuliettec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Medicare drug price negotiation program could improve coverage of drugs selected for negotiation for Medicare beneficiaries because the law requires all Medicare Part D plans to cover each of the selected drugs, including all dosages and forms, when negotiated prices take effect.
This analysis examines 2026 Medicare Part D formulary coverage of drugs selected for negotiation to measure the effect of the IRA's coverage requirement. ]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">703022</post-id>
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			<media:title type="html">The IRA Coverage Requirement for Selected Drugs Will Improve Access to the GLP-1 Drug Wegovy and Six Other Part D Drugs Selected for Negotiation in Round 2 Starting in 2027_FI</media:title>
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		<title>Examining the Potential Impact of Medicare’s New WISeR Model</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/examining-the-potential-impact-of-medicares-new-wiser-model/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffalexc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud, Waste and Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prior Authorization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traditional Medicare]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On January 1, 2026, the Center for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model that establishes new prior authorization requirements in traditional Medicare. This analysis explores the potential impact of the WISeR model by examining recent spending and utilization trends in traditional Medicare for services selected for prior authorization requirements in the six model states (Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recent Trends in GLP-1 Use and Spending in Medicare</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/recent-trends-in-glp-1-use-and-spending-in-medicare/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjuliettec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the Trump administration’s planned expansion of Medicare coverage for GLP-1s to treat obesity through temporary models and the availability of Medicare’s negotiated price for certain GLP-1 products beginning in 2027, this analysis examines CMS’s Medicare Part D claims data from 2019 to 2024 to document the increase in the number of beneficiaries being treated with GLP-1 drugs and the growth in Medicare spending and claims for these drugs.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">702376</post-id>
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			<media:title type="html">The Number of GLP-1 Claims in Medicare Part D Increased Four-Fold Between 2019 and 2024, With Claims Doubling Between 2022 and 2024 Alone_FI</media:title>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage Insurers Made Nearly 53 Million Prior Authorization Determinations in 2024</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/medicare-advantage-insurers-made-nearly-53-million-prior-authorization-determinations-in-2024/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmeredithf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nearly 53 million prior authorization requests were submitted to Medicare Advantage insurers on behalf of Medicare Advantage enrollees in 2024, of which 4.1 million (7.7%) were denied. Just 11.5% of denied requests were appealed, though 80.7% of appeals overturned the initial denial in Medicare Advantage. Substantially fewer prior authorization requests were made in traditional Medicare, reflecting the small number of services subject to prior authorization requirements.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">702020</post-id>
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			<media:title type="html">Medicare Advantage Insurers Made Nearly 53 Million Prior Authorization Determinations in 2024_FI</media:title>
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		<title>Number of Medicare Certified Hospitals</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/number-of-medicare-certified-hospitals/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffsophiam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Number of Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/number-of-medicare-skilled-nursing-facilities/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffsophiam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Number of Medicare Non-Institutional Providers</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/number-of-medicare-non-institutional-providers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffsophiam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Medicare Newly Enrolled Beneficiaries by Type of Entitlement</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/newly-enrolled-medicare-beneficiaries/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffnatalies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Number of Medicare Certified Providers</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/number-of-medicare-certified-providers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffsophiam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Trump Administration Proposals Would Further Limit Gender Affirming Care for Young People by Restricting Providers and Reducing Coverage</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/new-trump-administration-proposals-would-further-limit-gender-affirming-care-for-young-people-by-restricting-providers-and-reducing-coverage/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/new-trump-administration-proposals-would-further-limit-gender-affirming-care-for-young-people-by-restricting-providers-and-reducing-coverage/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kfflindseyd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief examines two proposed federal rules that would further restrict youth access to gender affirming care. One rule would change the hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) which would prohibit most Medicare and Medicaid enrolled hospitals from providing certain types of gender affirming medical care for young people and the other would prohibit federal Medicaid or CHIP funds from covering this care. The rules have a 60-day comment period, do no take immediate effect, and are expected to face litigation, if finalized.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Snapshot of Sources of Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis documents the different sources of coverage among people with Medicare and examines variation in beneficiary characteristics by source of coverage. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Distribution of People with Medicare by Race/Ethnicity</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/distribution-of-people-with-medicare-by-race-ethnicity/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffvannn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race/Ethnicity]]></category>
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		<title>Distribution of People with Medicare by Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>About Three in Ten Immigrants Already Report Avoiding Travel Due To Immigration-Related Fears</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-take/about-three-in-ten-immigrants-already-report-avoiding-travel-due-to-immigration-related-fears/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our survey shows that many immigrants are already avoiding travel and other activities due immigration-related fears, which may increase following news that TSA is sharing information with ICE.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/trump-administration-actions-to-curb-data-collection-related-to-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-sogi/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kfflindseyd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief describes Trump Administration efforts to scale back or modify data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity variables in federal surveys. It specifically focuses on changes in three national surveys that are representative of these efforts: the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).]]></description>
		
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