For years, the federal government has paid Medicare Advantage plans and Part D prescription drug...
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Coronavirus: Medicare should pay for at-home rapid tests
The conundrum: Older adults, even those who are vaccinated and boosted, are most prone to getting...
Senator Manchin must support lower drug prices in Build Back...
On November 19th, the House passed the Build Back Better Act. Among the bill’s most popular...
Healthcare costs drive retirees back to work
A new survey finds that health care costs are driving retirees with Medicare back to work. Yes...
US House passes Build Back Better Act
Last week, the US House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, legislation designed...
New Alzheimer’s drug drives up Part B premiums
As with all health care costs, Medicare out-of-pocket costs are rising rapidly. In 2022, Medicare...
Manchin’s means-testing proposal builds back worse
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation would bring the United States into the...
Congress must reduce out-of-pocket costs for people with Medicare
Earlier this month, “the Medicare team” inside the federal government sent an email inviting...
Will health insurers stop Congress from reducing their Medicare...
When health insurers lobbied to be able to offer Medicare benefits, they claimed that they could...
Medicare Advantage: What are we paying extra for?
There’s a lot that we don’t know about Medicare Advantage, the part of Medicare that is...