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Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday. Witnesses sharply criticized the fast-gr... Read more

Nevada Alliance Older Americans Month Event Videos

https://youtu.be/OqgzWRv5GgI https://youtu.be/hsnnCNFA7bA https://youtu.be/2gNnctxs0fY https://youtu.be/Qw2sp028wI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6yV2Omfa98 https://youtu.be/QkLDSdSCp9s https://youtu.be/2LnE1x3cH0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcTWKg-WG... Read more

Sen. Rosen and Rep. Titus Salute Nevada Seniors During Older Americans Month

Watch videos of Senator Jackie Rosen and Congresswoman Dina Titus below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6yV2Omfa98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcTWKg-WGQ8... Read more

2021 Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans State Convention

NARA's board is looking forward to meeting with you in support of Senior Issues and election of NARA officers for the next term for 2021 to 2024.  Register here. After postponing our Convention in 2020 we are eagerly planning NARA's 2021 convention on November 12, 2021 i... Read more

Apple, Bose and Others Pump Up the Volume on Hearing Aid Options, Filling Void Left by FDA

Spurred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress passed a law in 2017 to allow over-the-counter sales, with hopes it would boost competition and lower prices. Four years later, federal regulators have yet to issue rules to implement the law. B... Read more

Members of Congress Suggest Expanding Medicare Telehealth Options

Early on in the pandemic, the federal government expanded telehealth services covered under traditional Medicare on a temporary, emergency basis. Before, only patients who lived in rural areas could access telehealth options from certain providers and under certain conditions. Mo... Read more

Hearing Exposes Greed of Drug Corporation AbbVie

According to a study released on May 18 by the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee, the pharmaceutical corporation AbbVie has raised prices 470% in the United States for its widely used drugs Humira and Imbruvica over the past two decades. The price increases boosted the co... Read more

KHN: Biden Seeks $400 Billion to Buttress Long-Term Care. A Look at What’s at Stake.

There’s widespread agreement that it’s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what’s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible? That’s the challenge President Joe Biden has put f... Read more

‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After Covid Vaccinations

With a mix of relief and caution, older adults fully vaccinated against covid-19 are moving out into the world and resuming activities put on hold during the pandemic. Many are making plans to see adult children and hug grandchildren they haven’t visited for months — o... Read more