The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare drug price...
What's Buzzing
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All
A new poll by Data for Progress finds that two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All, aka, a...
Trump administration’s proposed Medicare Advantage reforms...
All sorts of proposed changes for people in Medicare Advantage are afoot, reports Allison Bell for...
Congressman Pocan introduces package of bills to strengthen...
Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced eight bills aimed at strengthening traditional...
Can the US provide needed care without immigrant doctors?
The United States has had a shortage of physicians for several decades. It is only because...
Your Health & Wellness
Practicing yoga can improve your sleep
A meta-analysis of 30 trials in more than 12 countries found that regular high-intensity yoga is...
Almost 10 percent of Americans say they have or have had cancer...
A new Gallup survey finds that almost 10 percent of Americans say they have or have had cancer...
Community living for people with dementia can have tremendous...
Today, some 500,000 people in the US are diagnosed with dementia each year. Black Americans are...
How to reduce your risk of falling
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than one in four people over 65...
Pay attention to your feet!
Pay attention to your feet! You need them. Talk to your doctor if they look different, feel...
Your Coverage Options
The tradeoff between “extra” benefits and fewer...
Medicare Advantage insurers offer “extra” benefits to lure people to sign up for a...
Insurers misuse prior authorization even for simple treatments
One big insurer, Anthem, denied coverage inappropriately to a woman who needed medicine to ward off...
2026: What are your Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs?
The federal government is raising the Part B Medicare premium to $202.90 in 2026, almost 10 percent...
Prior authorization: What is to be done?
If there’s one thing about health insurance that just about everyone can agree on, it is that...
You might be eligible for a Medicare Savings Program
If your income is low, you might be able to get help paying your Medicare premiums and copays...