Loneliness is prevalent amount older adults in Medicare Advantage plans, reports Alexa Mikhail for Fortune. Most older adults no longer work and have few outlets for social interaction. The...
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Drug prices: Biden v. Trump
Heather Landi reports for Fierce Healthcare on how Donald Trump’s former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, and Joe Biden’s current Secretary of Health and Human Services...
Administration proposes new rule to address myriad problems with...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule for 2025 with the goal of addressing some of the problems with Medicare Advantage (MA). The rule is intended to...
2024: Access to Medicare mental health services is expanding
Even with Medicare, it can be hard to see mental health providers. Tens of thousands of mental health providers will not take Medicare because of its low payment rates and, on top of that, for people...
Justice Department goes after one Medicare Advantage executive
Last week, the Justice Department announced it was prosecuting a former executive of HealthSun Health Plans, an insurer offering Medicare Advantage plans in Florida, for engaging in millions of...
People under 65 with Medicare less satisfied than people over 65
People under 65 with disabilities are less satisfied with Medicare than adults over 65, reports Kaiser Family Foundation. The reason is likely that people with disabilities need a lot more health...
Underpayments lead hospitals and specialists to cancel Medicare...
Ken Alltucker reports for USA Today on how insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans are underpaying hospitals and specialists. Consequently, these health care providers are dropping their Medicare...
200,000 UnitedHealth enrollees in North Carolina likely losing...
The University of North Carolina (UNC) Health is planning to end its contract with UnitedHealth because it is “not negotiating with us in good faith.” Two hundred thousand people...
The cost of weight-loss drugs is driving up our insurance...
Gina Kolata reports for The New York Times that the cost of weight-loss drugs is not what it seems. People must take them throughout their lives, and weight-loss drugs have list prices of as much as...
2024: Medicare Part D coverage and costs
Whether you are enrolled in traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan, Medicare covers the prescription drugs you get from the pharmacy under Medicare Part D. The vast majority of people with...