I have a simple proposal to make to the U.S. Congress. A budgetary swap, on behalf of the elderly and disabled Americans: repeal the corporate tax cuts in the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), and add back into the budget the Medicare dental, vision, and hearing benefits.
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Simple Swap: Repeal Corporate Tax Cuts, Add Back Dental & Vision To Medicare
Posted on 16 February 2022.
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The Senate Needs 50 Votes To Build A Better Medicare
Posted on 06 December 2021.
When elderly people were first created, they had no eyes, ears, and teeth. For this reason, when federal lawmakers got around to enacting Medicare insurance for seniors in 1965, they didn’t include vision services, hearing aids, and dental care.
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Dems Plan To Expand Medicare Hearing Benefits: What Can Consumers Expect?
Posted on 08 November 2021.
President Joe Biden’s mammoth domestic spending bill would add hearing benefits to the traditional Medicare program — one of three major new benefits Democrats had sought.
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Despite Restraints, Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan Could Still Aid Consumers
Posted on 06 November 2021.
The Medicare prescription drug pricing plan Democrats unveiled this week is not nearly as ambitious as many lawmakers sought, but they and drug policy experts say the provisions crack open the door to reforms that could have dramatic effects.
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If Congress Adds Dental Coverage to Medicare, Should All Seniors Get It?
Posted on 31 October 2021.
William Stork needs a tooth out. That’s what the 71-year-old retired truck driver’s dentist told him during a recent checkup.
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Pharma Campaign Cash Delivered To Key Lawmakers With Surgical Precision
Posted on 28 October 2021.
The Biden administration and Congress are embroiled in high-stakes haggling over what urgent priorities will make it into the ever-shrinking social spending bill. But for the pharmaceutical industry there is one agenda.
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