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Piggy bank with a medical doctors stethoscope

The decision whether or not to cover Aduhelm, the new Alzheimer’s drug, has huge implications. Yikes.  As I was extolling the virtues of Social Security’s 5.9 percent-COLA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they were increasing the premium for Medicare Part B by 14.5 percent.   As a reminder, Medicare is…

files in filing drawer

Texas Securities Commissioner Travis Iles says we’re living in a perfect storm – for financial fraud. Isolated at home to avoid COVID, people are spending more time online, and he suspects that some have become more susceptible to fraud because they think a big win would take the edge off of the financial uncertainties of…