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Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket.
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It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. I think it’s a little known fact that the Older Americans Act, which is kind of our mothership, was passed at the same time as Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Acute care is called acute care for a reason.
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JUNE 17, 2025
But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. Health insurers issue millions of denials every year. “They’re, like, not accountable to anyone.” Senate report.
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