A recent report by the HHS Office of the Inspector General reveals that private companies offering...
Medicare
How Obama’s 2016 proposed budget hurts older Americans
The President’s 2016 proposed budget hurts older Americans with Medicare. While...
Medicare Trustees project Medicare Trust Fund to last until 2030...
Medicare is in relatively good financial health for the moment. In their 2014 report, the...
Medicare: Its Beginnings
On July 30, 1965, almost 50 years ago, Congress enacted Medicare to ensure that older adults had...
Medicare costs are dropping
This 2014 chart from The New York Times shows that, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, projected...
Medicare costs high for older adults and people with disabilities
No one should think that Medicare provides more than partial health care coverage. A new Kaiser...
Most boomers and older adults live on small fixed incomes
Older adults and people with disabilities are often wrongly portrayed as well off and undeserving...
Medicare Advantage plan “prior approval” rules could...
The Medicare Rights Center just released a report illustrating how people with Medicare who are...
Medicaid, Medicare and long-term care
Long-term care can cost a lot. Medicare sometimes picks up a small piece of the cost. Medicaid...
Evidence suggests cutting Medicare will hurt kids
Benefits to kids tend to go hand in hand with benefits to older adults. And, evidence suggests...