The Kaiser Family Foundation lays out what Medicare Advantage plans–the health plans administered by corporate health insurers–are doing for their Medicare members in 2024. The Medicare...
Diane Archer
Home visits: Another way Medicare Advantage plans gouge taxpayers
Policymakers who claim to be tough on crime continue to turn a blind eye to what appears to be multi-billion dollar corporate health insurer crimes in Medicare Advantage. Anna Wilde Mathews and...
Cancer screenings bring benefits at substantial cost
We’ve come a long way in being able to screen for a variety of cancers and less far in curing people with mid- to late-stage cancer. We still need to make sure everyone takes advantage of these...
Medicare Part D drug costs: What to expect in 2025
If you have Medicare, you will likely see many changes to your Medicare Part D drug costs in 2025. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 should lower your drug costs. Here’s what the Kaiser...
How to prevent falls and their sometimes horrific consequences
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than one in four people over 65 fall each year, and around three million end up in the emergency room or as a hospital inpatient. Falls...
Emergency or urgent care? Why it matters
A growing number of hospitals are offering people both hospital emergency room services and urgent care at one site, reports Philip Galewitz for KFF Health News. This model could be a financial...
Drug prices keep going up, some faster than inflation
Until Congress regulates drug prices in the US as every other wealthy country does, prescription drug prices will continue to go up and an increasing number of Americans will suffer or die because...
Bipartisan agreement on how to keep drug middlemen from ripping...
A new bill in Congress would end some of the most egregious practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), reports Annika Kim Constantino for CNBC. PBMs are the drug middlemen who negotiate lower...
More hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage
Jakob Emerson reports for Becker’s Hospital Review that at least 17 large hospital systems are dropping their Medicare Advantage contracts this year. As we’ve seen over the last couple of...
Low-income communities are particularly at risk in Medicare...
Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans too often delay and deny care inappropriately. If you happen to live in a low-income community, you are more likely to be forced to join a Medicare...