We frequently think about aspects of Medicare and MA in isolation from their effects on our healthcare system. But when we step back, we see the following Medicare Advantage policy outcomes that we...
Diane Archer
How to switch to Traditional Medicare from Medicare Advantage?
For years, I’ve been advising people to enroll in Traditional Medicare for easy access to medically reasonable and necessary care. And, I continue to believe that anyone who can afford the...
How will the administration address Medicare Advantage...
When the Medicare Advantage program was enacted, health insurers claimed it would reduce Medicare spending. But, Medicare Advantage has always cost significantly more per person than Traditional...
Medicare Advantage and other HMOs compromise continuity of care
If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan or any health insurance plan that requires you to use in-network health care providers and you have not thought about the fact that you can’t count...
Three big Medicare access to care issues put vulnerable people...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued its annual Medicare Advantage (MA) proposed rate notice for 2025 and is seeking comments before it finalizes the rate. It is trying to combat...
Justice Department going after Medicare Advantage fraud
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has been taking on major enforcement activities to protect people with Medicare and others from health care fraud, something that the Centers for Medicare and...
New poll confirms serious access to care concerns in Medicare...
While all insurers offering Medicare Advantage (MA) profit more the less care they deliver, every Medicare Advantage plan is different; we should not generalize about them. We know that access to...
Billions in Medicare savings from Medicare drug price...
A new report from Nicole Rapfogel at the Center for American Progress (CAP) finds that the Inflation Reduction Act’s provision allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices for its highest cost drugs...
Oregon moves toward restricting private equity from owning...
Most states have laws prohibiting corporate interference in the practice of medicine. But, corporations and private equity firms have been getting around these laws, buying up primary care and...
Tips for a healthy brain
Everyone wants a healthy brain, a brain that functions well. Ayana Underwood, a neurologist, writes for Self on what people can do for the health of their brain. The National Institute on Aging also...