While Medicare covers certain services to treat obesity, Medicare is not allowed to cover Ozempic and other drugs for weight loss under the law establishing Medicare Part D prescription drug...
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Bernie Sanders blasts drug manufacturers for the...
CNBC.com reports that Senate HELP committee chair, Bernie Sanders, is blasting drug manufacturers Eisai and Biogen for setting the price of its Alzheimer’s drug at a level that will prevent...
2023: Medicare data and trends
The Kaiser Family Foundation has new Medicare data: Who’s enrolled, costs, trends and more. Not surprisingly, Medicare spending represents a large share of total government spending (13 percent of...
Medicare now covers power seat lifts for wheelchairs in some...
Medicare is required by law to cover all medically reasonable and necessary health care services with certain exceptions, such as vision, hearing, dental and long-term services and supports. Of...
Don’t assume a five-star Medicare Advantage plan will...
Laura Beerman writes for Health Leaders on the flaws in the Medicare Advantage star-rating system. If you asked me, I’d tell you it’s a farce. The gaming that goes on to get four and...
Merck sues Medicare over negotiated drug prices
Merck just filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Inflation Reduction Act‘s provision allowing Medicare to negotiate some drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. The administration...
How can people protect themselves from unsafe hospitals?
Mary Chris Jaklevic reports for Kaiser Health News on a new patient safety initiative intended to ensure hospitals learn from medical errors. People are calling for a “National Patient Safety...
Medicare Advantage poses grave risk to rehab facilities and...
Brendan Williams, president and CEO of the New Hampshire Health Care Association and a former state insurance regulator, writes for McKnight’s about Medicare Advantage’s existential...
How to improve digital literacy among older adults and why...
Richard Eisenberg writes for Fortune about the large proportion of people with Medicare at risk because they are not computer literate and might not even have access to a computer. A majority of...
When will the Medicare Advantage scam end?
Matthew Cunningham-Cook writes for The Lever on why Medicare Advantage is a scam, focusing on the $20 billion in overpayments the insurers offering Medicare Advantage now receive each year. Health...