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CMS Revises Medicare Drug Negotiations, $35 Cap on Part B Insulin, & Instagram Threads Launch


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The Friday Five for July 7, 2023:
  • CMS Revisions to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
  • $35 Cap on Medicare Part B Insulin in Effect
  • Twitter Announces Read Limits and Tweet Deck Changes
  • Bluesky Social Updates, Still in Beta
  • Launch of Instagram Threads & First Impressions
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    Resources:

    5 Ways to Be More Confident: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/5-ways-to-be-more-confident/

    2024 Maximum Broker Commissions for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/2024-maximum-broker-commissions-for-medicare-advantage-and-medicare-part-d/

    Best Practices for Training Downline Agents: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/best-practices-for-training-downline-agents/

    Effective Marketing Strategies for Insurance Agents: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/effective-marketing-strategies-for-insurance-agents/

    Instagram Threads: https://www.threads.net

    Podcast Recommendations for Summer 2023: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/podcast-recommendations-for-summer-2023/

    The Inflation Reduction Act’s Part B Insulin Price Takes Effect July 1: https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2023/06/29/the-inflation-reduction-acts-part-b-insulin-price-takes-effect-july-1

    What You Need to Know About the Medicare Insulin Cost Cap: https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-2023/medicare-insulin-questions-answers.html

     

    References:

    Elon Musk blames data scraping by AI startups for his new paywalls on reading tweets: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781198/twitter-daily-reading-limit-elon-musk-verified-paywall

    Explaining the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act: https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/explaining-the-prescription-drug-provisions-in-the-inflation-reduction-act/

    Fact Sheet: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Revised Guidance: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/fact-sheetrevised-drug-price-negotiation-program-guidance-june-2023.pdf

    How Will the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Affect Medicare Beneficiaries? https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/how-will-the-prescription-drug-provisions-in-the-inflation-reduction-act-affect-medicare-beneficiaries/

    New $35 Insulin Cost Cap Applies to More Medicare Enrollees: https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2023/07/03/new-35-insulin-cost-cap-applies-to-more-medicare-enrollees/

    Threads, Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Has Arrived: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/technology/threads-app-meta-twitter-killer.html

    Twitter's new 'rate limit' rule worries users, could restrict life-saving information: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/2023/07/03/heres-why-twitters-read-limit-rule-could-cause-turmoil-users/12204121002/

    'Twitter rate limit exceeded'? How many tweets you can read per day now - and why: https://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-rate-limit-exceeded-heres-how-many-tweets-you-can-read-per-day-now-and-why/

    Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/twitter-silently-removes-login-requirement-for-viewing-tweets/

    Twitter to put TweetDeck behind a paywall: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/business/tweetdeck-verified-twitter/index.html

    What is Twitter’s rate limit, and can you bypass it? https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-is-twitter-s-rate-limit

    Instagram Threads is live, threatening Twitter's reign: What to know about the new Meta app: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/instagram-threads-meta-twitter-competitor-what-to-know-rcna92689

    Zuckerberg says Threads, Instagram's new Twitter-like app, has 30 million users; Elon Musk responds: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-threads-instagrams-new-twitter-like-app-launched-5-million-users-elon-musk-responds

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