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Home health groups fight back against proposed cuts
Lawmakers have already introduced legislation that would block CMS from making the cuts through 2026 despite the recommendation from MedPAC.
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Lawmakers have already introduced legislation that would block CMS from making the cuts through 2026 despite the recommendation from MedPAC.
Under the package, patients wouldn’t see prices that Medicare negotiates directly with drugmakers until 2026, and they would only involve 10 high-cost drugs.
Medicare’s trust fund, which pays for inpatient hospital care, is expected to start running dry in 2026, according to the 2020 annual trustees’ report.
The Teamsters’ Central States fund, with some 360,000 participants, is expected to be insolvent in 2026.