Sungchul Park, David Meyers et al. report in Health Affairs that people living in rural communities...
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Billing fraud pervasive in Medicare Advantage
In an effort to maximize government payments and minimize expenditures, attorneys David Engel, Gary...
MedPAC: Traditional Medicare consistently costs less than...
In a concise online memo, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee, MedPAC, responded to health...
Coronavirus: How many Medicare Advantage members went without...
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine looks at out-of-pocket costs for people...
To save money, invest in Medicare not Obamacare
Most experts agree that health care costs in the US are out of control. And, Congress needs to rein...
Medicare for all would rationalize the cost of care
In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus explains that, if we did not rely on...
Trump pardons several Medicare fraudsters
Fred Schulte of Kaiser Health News reports that Donald Trump, on his way out of office, granted...
Medicare pays more than twice as much as the VA for drugs
In a new report comparing Medicare Part D prescription drug prices to Veterans Affairs prices, the...
Will Congress allow Medicare drug price negotiation in 2021?
President Joe Biden’s election, combined with Democratic control of the House and Senate...
CMS rule would make prior authorization easier for people in...
People in Medicare Advantage plans–the private health insurance plans that offer Medicare...