Whether you are enrolled in Traditional Medicare (which the government administers directly) or a Medicare Advantage plan (which corporate health insurers administer,) Medicare covers the...
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Poll: Republican candidates could be hurt in mid-terms if they...
A new poll finds that Republican candidates could be hurt in the mid-term elections if they don’t extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. These subsidies make state health insurance...
High-deductible health plans leave millions of Americans in debt...
President Trump has proposed giving people money for health savings accounts that are attached to high-deductible health plans, as an alternative to extending the subsidies that bring down premiums...
1.6 million Americans with Medicaid lost their coverage between...
Around 1.6 million Americans lost their Medicaid coverage during the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to KFF. Jasmine Laws reports for Newsweek. Because of...
Hospitals increasingly opt out of Medicare Advantage networks
In the last few years, dozens of hospitals and physicians across the country have opted out of Medicare Advantage networks, saying that insurers are endangering patient health, burdening them with...
Medicare’s new negotiated drug prices are lower but some...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare drug price negotiation, just released details regarding the 15 drugs with negotiated prices that will take effect in...
The tradeoff between “extra” benefits and fewer...
Medicare Advantage insurers offer “extra” benefits to lure people to sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan. But, what they don’t tell people is that Medicare Advantage plans engage...
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 national health insurance program. Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities and want...
Trump administration’s proposed Medicare Advantage reforms...
All sorts of proposed changes for people in Medicare Advantage are afoot, reports Allison Bell for ThinkAdvisor. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released proposed rules effective...
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 immigrant physicians have come to the US that we have been able to address the shortage, particularly in...