Yes, you may be experiencing Alzheimer’s symptoms and still appear to have a fine memory. Meryl Davids Landau reports for National Geographic on some unexpected early Alzheimer’s...
Diane Archer
Few people benefit from Alzheimer’s drugs
Physicians are not prescribing new Alzheimer’s drugs to people with Medicare as often as anticipated. Two years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) projected that Medicare...
Connecticut public retirees push back against Medicare Advantage...
Medicare Advantage plans are too often not a good option for people who need costly and complex care. But unions and corporations save money when they require their retirees to enroll in a Medicare...
Don’t be swayed by health advice on social media
If you’re like most people, you get a lot of your information from social media, health and wellness advice included. Beware, a lot of it is misleading, reports Devi Shastra for AP News. Forty...
Facebook earns millions from fake Medicare ads
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) just issued a report revealing that Facebook’s parent, Meta, generated millions of dollars from fake Medicare ads. Chase DiBenedetto for Mashable...
Can you trust your dentist to recommend only services you need?
Allison Bell reports for BenefitsPro on dentists who are increasingly selling their patients services they do not need. No one has good data on this phenomenon. But, reports are everywhere, and...
Government lets Medicare Advantage inappropriate care denials...
Medicare Advantage plans must deliver the same “benefits” as Traditional Medicare, but I’ve always explained that they can and do frequently cover far fewer services. In short, they often deny...
When should you use an urgent care center?
Urgent care centers have been springing up across the country. In the ten years between 2014 and 2024, they grew in number from 7,000 to more than 15,000, reports Simar Bejaj for The New York Times...
Medicare Advantage prior authorization and claims processing:...
Medicare Advantage prior authorization and claims reviews are too often failing patients and providers. Insurers have a fundamental conflict of interest — their incentive is to delay, downgrade and...
Former HHS Head, Xavier Becerra, pivots on government-run health...
Running for governor in California, Xavier Becerra has moved away from supporting Medicare for all, a policy reform he has endorsed for decades. He needs support from interest groups who oppose it...