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Medicare Advantage plans get $16 billion increase in 2025
The battle over how much more the administration will pay insurers offering Medicare Advantage...
Poll: Health care concerns rank high, embedded in concerns about...
A new Gallup poll on top issues for likely voters could suggest that voters are far less focused on...
Medicare Advantage: Expect lots of care denials
If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan or any other corporate health insurance plan and need...
Trump’s health care plan could be a winning ticket for...
Jonathan Cohn reports for the Huffington Post on what Donald Trump claims is his health insurance...
Ady Barkan’s Legacy: Reclaiming Medicare from insurance...
Ady Barkan, my dear friend and former colleague, spent the last years of his life fighting to give...
House Republicans call for major cuts to Social Security and...
Former President Trump does not want to admit that he supports major cuts to Social Security and...
Life expectancy in US remains lower than all other wealthy...
Brett Wilkins reports for Common Dreams on new data from the federal government on life expectancy...
Primary care in Medicare Advantage: A crapshoot
Don’t join a Medicare Advantage plan because you believe it will offer good primary care...
Want to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, not cut them...
Paul Krugman explains in a New York Times opinion piece why older adults and people with...