Whether you are enrolled in Traditional Medicare (which the government administers directly) or a...
Your Coverage Options
The tradeoff between “extra” benefits and fewer...
Medicare Advantage insurers offer “extra” benefits to lure people to sign up for a...
Insurers misuse prior authorization even for simple treatments
One big insurer, Anthem, denied coverage inappropriately to a woman who needed medicine to ward off...
2026: What are your Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs?
The federal government is raising the Part B Medicare premium to $202.90 in 2026, almost 10 percent...
Prior authorization: What is to be done?
If there’s one thing about health insurance that just about everyone can agree on, it is that...
You might be eligible for a Medicare Savings Program
If your income is low, you might be able to get help paying your Medicare premiums and copays...
Always appeal your health insurer’s denials; you have a...
Health insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans, corporate health plans, health plans on the...
Have you gotten your shingles vaccine?
The shingles vaccine can be especially important for older adults. The vaccine blocks the...
One health insurer admits that Medicare Advantage is broken
In its latest advertising campaign, the SCAN Group, an insurer that offers non-profit Medicare...
Medicare will cover weight-loss drugs in 2027
GLP-1 drugs for weight loss continue to cost a pretty penny. For that reason, Medicare does not yet...