If you are in traditional Medicare, it’s time to check out all your Part D drug coverage options. Phil Galewitz reports for KFF Health News on potentially soaring Part D premiums for 10.4 million...
Diane Archer
Medicare (and some states) provide family caregiver support
Across the US, tens of millions of family caregivers struggle to care for aging loved ones. It’s hard enough to take care of yourself, your children and your work. Caring for an aging loved one...
Beware: Your phone tracks your doctor’s visits
Michael Scaturro reports for the Washington Post on how your phone tracks your location and then sends targeted messages to you. If you’re at the doctor, you could be seeing ads for an array of...
2027: Don’t be misled by Medicare Advantage star ratings
It’s Medicare Open Enrollment season. If you are trying to decide among Medicare Advantage plans, don’t be misled by the star ratings. The government should do away with them, along with bonuses...
Feeling uncreative? Get up and walk!
Albert Einstein, Friedrich Nietzsche and many other great minds speak to the value of walking for promoting great thinking. Indeed, walking has been found to contribute to longer life, a younger...
2027: Yes, Medicare Advantage will cost you more
Be prepared. If you opt to enroll in Medicare Advantage, you will pay more– more out of pocket for care your health plan covers and more out of pocket for care your health plan denies. What too...
Should you take the drugs your doctors prescribe?
As a general rule, you should be following medical directives from your doctors. But, you also want to make that your doctors are prescribing the drugs you need, not the drugs that the pharmaceutical...
Want to improve your health? Don’t bother taking a biological...
For a long time, into my 60’s, I felt like I was still 27. But, time takes its toll, wrinkles and aches set in, and I am increasingly feeling closer to my chronological age. Why does it matter...
CMS gains authority to boot insurers out of Medicare and Medicaid
Our federal government has always allowed people with Medicare to enroll in poor performing Medicare Advantage plans–ones that deny care inappropriately or delay it needlessly, endangering the...
Medicare agency proposes reforms to address inadequate Medicare...
For years, Medicare Advantage plans have listed physicians and hospitals in their network directories who were not in fact in-network. They misled enrollees about their provider networks. The Centers...