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Greater Springfield Chamber faces leadership transition in 2027
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (255+ words) Two longtime leaders of The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce plan to retire during the first quarter of 2027, marking the departure of employees with more than 55 years of combined service to the organization. The Chamber announced that Vice President of…...
He Spent Down the Roth First to 'Save' the IRA for His Kids. He Left Them a $120,000 Tax Bill Instead of a Tax-Free Account
11+ hour, 7+ min ago (540+ words) Saving the Roth for the kids sounds generous, but a rule most retirees missed in 2020 turned that good intention into a six-figure tax burden spread across a decade of their children's peak earning years. Life After Work desk. Editor: David…...
Medicaid will let states use ‘tiers’ to determine medical frailty
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (529+ words) WASHINGTON — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week released guidance for states allowing them to use a “tier system” to determine which Medicaid recipients are too ill to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week. The decision,…...
PLAN B SPOTLIGHTS A HEALTHCARE GAP: NEW SURVEY REVEALS RURAL WOMEN ARE FACING THE GREATEST HEALTHCARE ACCESS BARRIERS IN THE NATION
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (372+ words) For Many Rural Women, Over-the-Counter Medicines Are Not a Convenience — It Is Their Only Option for Access to Readily Available Healthcare, New National Voter Survey Reveals At a time when rural hospital closures, provider shortages, and limited pharmacy access are…...
The US has a high maternal mortality rate. A $100M campaign wants to change that
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (286+ words) A new $100 million campaign aims to make giving birth in the United States safer. Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced the pledge on Thursday. RELATED: Maternal mortality rate in U.S. declines,…...
A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
18+ hour, 16+ min ago (1031+ words) Taya Hailstone has been in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma for five years, but the cancer's lasting damage to her organs and nerves can make basic tasks hard. Even so, Montana's health department decided Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost…...
Dana-Farber Is Leaving a Medicare Advantage Network Oct. 1. Cancer Patients Face a Dec. 7 Decision About Their 2027 Care
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (584+ words) Most cancer patients facing a Medicare Advantage network change will watch the wrong deadline and pay for it. The date that actually protects your 2027 coverage sits weeks before the one everyone assumes. The Full Benefits Desk desk. Editor: Gerelyn Terzo....
Dr. Oz Should Make Medicaid Bureaucrats Show Their Math
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (614+ words) CMS is finishing work on a rule that would limit what states can route to providers through Medicaid managed care. The agency proposed it in May, closed comments in July, and Administrator Mehmet Oz has framed the whole effort around…...
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (608+ words) Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Thursday to make giving birth in the United States safer. The five-year commitment aims to cut the maternal mortality rate in…...
He Converted $120,000 to a Roth at 63 to Get Ahead of the RMDs. Medicare Later Read It as Income and Charged Him $2,400 More in Year One.
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (659+ words) A perfectly legal Roth conversion strategy that his CPA approved left one retiree blindsided when Medicare priced his premiums two years later, and the form designed to fix exactly this kind of situation turned out to be completely off limits....