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		<title>How Unaffordable is Health Care and What Can We Do About It?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffconnorg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, July 21, three experts will joined Health Wonk Shop series moderator Larry Levitt in an hour-long discussion of health care affordability. During the discussion, panelists considered affordability from a variety of perspectives, including how to define affordability and the question of affordability for whom, how to measure it, and what can be done to address affordability and the underlying cost of health care.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Do We Hear More About High Drug Prices Than About Hospital Prices?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/why-do-we-hear-more-about-high-drug-prices-than-about-hospital-prices/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig "Moondog" Palosky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this JAMA Health Forum post, KFF's Larry Levitt outlines four reasons why high drug prices are in the spotlight more than hospital prices, even though hospitals accounted for 40% of the growth in national health spending from 2022 to 2024, and explores the potential for policy action to restrain them.]]></description>
		
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		<title>KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Views on Fraud in Government Health Programs</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-views-on-fraud-in-government-health-programs/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-views-on-fraud-in-government-health-programs/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmardetm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraud, Waste and Abuse]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the 2026 midterms approach, health care costs remain voters' top health priority, but fraud in government health programs, including Medicaid and Medicare, is resonating with Republican voters, 55% of whom say it's extremely important for candidates to address. Most voters say there is at least “some” fraud in government health programs, but larger shares say there is fraud in the tax system, defense, and foreign aid, while the smallest share sees fraud in the ACA Marketplaces.]]></description>
		
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			<media:description type="html">Most Democratic Voters Want To Hear Candidates Discuss Health Costs and Future of Health Programs; More Republicans Focused on Fraud</media:description>
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		<title>How Unaffordable is Health Care? </title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/how-unaffordable-is-health-care-a-video-series-from-kff/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/how-unaffordable-is-health-care-a-video-series-from-kff/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Health care affordability is a top issue for many people. Why and how did care get so expensive?  In this three-part video series, KFF experts look at the rising cost of health care in the U.S. from the macro level to the issues facing everyday Americans. Drawing on KFF policy analysis and polling, the videos examine the underlying drivers of health care spending, the true cost of employer sponsored health insurance and whether the Affordable Care Act has delivered on its promise.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Health Care Costs Keep Rising … Why and Who Pays?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/health-care-costs-keep-rising-why-and-who-pays/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/health-care-costs-keep-rising-why-and-who-pays/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. spends more on health care than other large, wealthy countries. Concerns about rising costs aren't new, yet somehow we keep paying the bill. In this video, KFF’s Larry Levitt explains how we got here, who bears the consequences and why reining in spending systematically may be central to the next big health care debate.
KFF’s Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy, explains how we got here, who bears the consequences and why reining in spending systematically may be central to the next big health care debate.]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">Health Care Unaffordability at the Macro Level</media:title>
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		<title>What Your Employer-Based Health Coverage Really Costs</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/what-your-employer-based-health-coverage-really-costs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[More people get health coverage through their job than from any other source. The deduction workers see in each paycheck for their share of the premium is only a fraction of the total cost. In this video, KFF’s Matt Rae unpacks the full cost of employer-sponsored insurance and why it may be the biggest health care affordability story hiding in plain sight.]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">The True Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance</media:title>
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		<title>Did the Affordable Care Act Make Health Care More Affordable?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/did-the-affordable-care-act-make-health-care-more-affordable/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/did-the-affordable-care-act-make-health-care-more-affordable/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The expiration of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits at the start of 2026, combined with rising insurer premiums, put a spotlight on health care affordability that extends beyond Marketplace enrollees.KFF’s Cynthia Cox examines the ACA's record and the broader underlying question it raises: what's a fair price for Americans people to pay for health care? ]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">How Affordable is the Affordable Care Act</media:title>
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		<title>In Preliminary Rate Filings, ACA Marketplace Insurers Largely Propose Double-Digit Premium Increase For 2027, Following a Steep Climb This Year </title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/in-preliminary-rate-filings-aca-marketplace-insurers-largely-propose-double-digit-premium-increase-for-2027-following-a-steep-climb-this-year/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kfftiffanyf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027— indicating a likely second consecutive year of double-digit increases, according to a new analysis of preliminary rate filings in 16 states and DC. If these increases hold, typical premiums for insurers participating in the ACA Marketplaces would jump by more than one-third between 2025 and 2027.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Trump Administration Continues to Advance Incremental Site-Neutral Payment Reforms</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/the-trump-administration-continues-to-advance-incremental-site-neutral-payment-reforms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Administration’s proposed changes for certain imaging services would further advance site-neutral payment reform but, like prior changes, are modest relative to more expansive options raised by MedPAC and others.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cost and Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/cost-and-utilization-of-inpatient-mental-health-and-substance-use-treatment/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kfftammies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Using claims data from the 2023 Merative MarketScan Commercial Claims Database, this Peterson-KFF analysis describes the most common diagnoses for inpatient treatment and total associated costs, including patients’ out-of-pocket share.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Key Facts about the Uninsured Population</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number and share of people without insurance grew in 2024, increasing for the first time since 2019, according to KFF's analysis of data from the American Community Survey (ACS). This issue brief describes trends in health coverage in 2024, examines the characteristics of the uninsured population , and summarizes the access and financial implications of not having coverage.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfalls</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/a-closer-look-at-north-carolinas-implementation-of-the-2025-reconciliation-law-medicaid-provisions-and-other-changes-amid-medicaid-budget-shortfalls/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jada Raphael]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eligibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org/?p=709655</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This policy watch provides initial insight into how North Carolina is preparing to implement certain Medicaid provisions of the 2025 reconciliation law and how other policy changes may affect coverage and access to care. ]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">709655</post-id>
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		<title>Actual Tobacco Settlement Payments Received by the States (in millions)</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/state-indicator/tobacco-settlement-payments/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffkevinstemp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoking]]></category>
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		<title>Key Facts About Health Care Affordability for People With Medicare</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/key-facts-about-health-care-affordability-for-people-with-medicare/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffnancyo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dual Eligible Individuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income and Assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seniors]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org/?p=709409</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This brief presents key facts and analysis about affordability of health care costs among people with Medicare, including younger adults with long-term disabilities, drawing on data from various sources.]]></description>
		
		
		
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			<media:title type="html">Out-Of-Pocket Health Care Costs Accounted for 39% of per Capita Social Security Income for People With Medicare in 2023 on Average (16x9)_FI</media:title>
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		<title>Understanding Medicaid Cost Sharing and Policy Changes from the 2025 Reconciliation Law</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/understanding-medicaid-cost-sharing-and-policy-changes-from-the-2025-reconciliation-law/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/understanding-medicaid-cost-sharing-and-policy-changes-from-the-2025-reconciliation-law/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffannam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Utilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief explains current Medicaid cost sharing rules and changes made to cost sharing rules by the 2025 reconciliation law, reports on cost sharing amounts states currently impose on ACA expansion adults, and highlights literature on the impact of cost sharing. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>What We Know So Far About 2026 ACA Marketplace Enrollment, Premiums, and Deductibles</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/what-we-know-so-far-about-2026-aca-marketplace-enrollment-premiums-and-deductibles/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/what-we-know-so-far-about-2026-aca-marketplace-enrollment-premiums-and-deductibles/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjaredo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individual Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premium Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis examines early indicators of how the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits has affected effectuated enrollment levels (i.e., enrollment among people who have paid their premiums), plan selections, and out-of-pocket costs in 2026, drawing on plan selection and effectuated enrollment data from the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) and state-based Marketplace (SBM) Open Enrollment reports, as well as KFF survey data and individual market enrollment estimates from Wakely Consulting Group.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Average Marketplace Deductible Grew by About $1,000 Per Person in 2026, With More Enrollees Shifting to Higher-Deductible Plans as Enhanced Tax Credits Expired</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/the-average-marketplace-deductible-grew-by-about-1000-per-person-in-2026-with-more-enrollees-shifting-to-higher-deductible-plans-as-enhanced-tax-credits-expired/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/the-average-marketplace-deductible-grew-by-about-1000-per-person-in-2026-with-more-enrollees-shifting-to-higher-deductible-plans-as-enhanced-tax-credits-expired/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrainl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Deductible Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The average Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace deductible experienced the steepest increase in history—growing by 37% or over $1,000, from $2,759 in 2025 to $3,786 in 2026 as enhanced premium tax credits expired, according to a new KFF analysis. After the enhanced tax credits ended, many Marketplace shoppers shifted toward lower-premium, higher-deductible plans.]]></description>
		
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		<title>As TrumpRx Expands to Include Generic Drugs, KFF Polling Shows Nearly 6 in 10 Adults Are Worried About Prescription Drug Costs</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/as-trumprx-expands-to-include-generic-drugs-kff-polling-shows-nearly-6-in-10-adults-are-worried-about-prescription-drug-costs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As of early March, a majority of the public (59%) is worried about affording prescription drugs for themselves and their families, the largest share since KFF first polled this question in 2018.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hospital Prices Have Risen Much Faster for Private Insurance Than Medicare Since 2019</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/hospital-prices-have-risen-much-faster-for-private-insurance-than-medicare-since-2019/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/hospital-prices-have-risen-much-faster-for-private-insurance-than-medicare-since-2019/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjamieg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief compares the prices paid by private insurers for hospital care to increases in Medicare payment using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index (PPI), finding that hospital prices have risen much faster for private insurance than Medicare since 2019.]]></description>
		
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		<title>What to Know About the BALANCE Model for GLP-1s in Medicare and Medicaid and the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/what-to-know-about-the-balance-model-for-glp-1s-in-medicare-and-medicaid/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicare/what-to-know-about-the-balance-model-for-glp-1s-in-medicare-and-medicaid/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services (HHS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief describes current coverage of GLP-1s in Medicare and Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services’ (CMS) efforts to expand access and lower costs for GLP-1s through temporary demonstration programs including the BALANCE Model, and potential impacts on beneficiaries and program budgets.]]></description>
		
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