More than two million adults in the US have atrial-fibrillation or A-fib, according to the National Institute on Health. Scientific American pegs the number of people with A-fib much higher at one...
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2024: How much should you save to cover health care costs in...
Medora Lee writes for USA Today on escalating health care costs in retirement and how much you should be saving. Understandably, what you should be saving is often out of sync with what you are able...
Corporate health insurers generate sizeable profits covering...
Corporate health insurers are generating sizeable profits covering care for people with Medicare and Medicaid, sometimes called “dual-eligibles,” reports Caitlin Owens for Axios. The...
CMS should not be hiding Medicare and Medicaid data
Researchers are up in arms against a plan to restrict access to Medicare and Medicaid data by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS plan...
Plan ahead: Who will pay your bills if you cannot
If you’re like most people, you are going through life doing your best to manage your bills, without thinking about who will pay them on your behalf if you are not able to. But, the last thing...
With Medicare Advantage, less for you is always more for insurers
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...
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...