benippolito.bsky.social @benippolito.bsky.social · 13/03/2025According to MedPAC, details of the Part D redesign mean that some enrollees will hit their $2,000 OOP maximum much faster than I realized. In one example, they show how one could hit the max with just $470 in spending. 131
benippolito.bsky.social @benippolito.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Health care providers are increasingly seeking upfront payments as payment rates from patients decline. I'd guess that new medical debt policies will accelerate those existing trends (if the policy remains in place). www.npr.org/2025/01/08/n...npr.orgMedical debt will be removed from your credit reportThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is removing medical debt from credit reports. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Benedic Ippolito, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, about the mo... 030
