David Wainer reports for the Wall Street Journal that people in Medicare Advantage plans–coverage through corporate health insurers–are likely to see fewer extra benefits next year...
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Medicare fraud: Traditional Medicare v. Medicare Advantage
What makes news is often confounding. Report after report comes out revealing as much as $140 billion in overpayments each year to insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans, eating into the Medicare...
Medicare Advantage cannot rely exclusively on AI to deny coverage
For some time now, UnitedHealth and other health insurance companies are reported to have been using artificial intelligence tools to broadly deny coverage in certain instances for people enrolled in...
How can Pharma defend drug prices in US?
The Biden administration and Congress are concerned about drug prices, they claim. Really? It would be so easy to lower drug prices quickly, simply by opening our borders to drugs from verified...
Weight-loss drugs are a hot commodity and hard to get
Weight loss drugs are a hot commodity. They can be hard to come by. Getting them can try your patience and your pocketbook. Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins offer six reasons why it is so hard for...
What’s your cholesterol level?
More than 25 percent (86 million) of Americans have high cholesterol. Another 33 percent (120 million) do not know their cholesterol level. But, if you want to reduce your risk of plaque in your...
Do wall squats, improve your heart health and build strength
If you’d like to improve your health health as well as your strength, do wall squats, reports Knvul Sheikh for the New York Times. This isometric exercise can reduce your blood pressure better...
Drug prices continue to be around three times higher in the US...
The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation or ASPE, a government research agency, released a report showing that US drug prices–brand name and generic–are almost 2.78 times the...
Will the Biden administration rein in Medicare Advantage...
Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes the payment rate for insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans for the following year. Right now, payments to Medicare...
Free preventive care: New avenue for health care price gouging
Watch out. Don’t assume that the free preventive care services to which you are entitled under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will not cost you a bundle. Samantha Liss reports for KFFHealthNews...