Health plans welcome reforms to strengthen Medicare Advantage.

However, a proposal for flat program funding at a time of sharply rising medical costs

and high utilization of care will directly impact seniors' coverage.

If finalized, this proposal could result in benefit reductions and higher costs for 35 million

seniors and people with disabilities when they renew their Medicare Advantage

coverage in October 26. Learn more at a HIP.org.

Today on the Playbook podcast, it's the State of the Union. What will Donald Trump say?

What will he not say? Who will he

burn? Who will he praise? And how long will he go on for? And can he nail the affordability message

the way Republicans really need him to? Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard. And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Tuesday,

February 24th. Happy State of the Union, Dasha. How are you doing?

Happy State of the Union to you, my friend. I'm good. I'm buckling up.

You've seen more Donald Trump speeches than most people in D.C. You still managed to get excited about another one?

Oh, I'm thrilled. I think this is going to be a doozy. He said it's going to be a long one.

So, you know, most of his speeches a doozy. He said it's going to be a long one.

So, you know, most of his speeches are quite long. So when he says it's going to be long, yeah, I don't think we're getting much sleep. Last year's speech, which was not a State of the Union speech, but it kind of was a State of the Union speech, really, wasn't it? but it's not officially in their first-year-old.

Listeners, I'm sure we'll know,

was 99 minutes long.

I checked before we came on air.

99 minutes long.

So can he break the big... not officially in their first-year-old listeners, I'm sure we'll know, was 99 minutes long.

I checked before we came on air, 99 minutes long.

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