Because the US Congress leaves it to corporate health insurers to negotiate health care provider...
Medicare
Medicare coverage of mental health care
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one in five Americans age 55 years or older...
2022: Programs that lower your health care costs if you have...
Medicare only covers about half of a typical person’s health care costs, leaving people with...
Should Medicare pay for a phone visit with your doctor?
In this age of Covid-19, telehealth and phone visits have been increasing significantly for...
Medicare hospital star-ratings are a farce
Every year, Medicare penalizes hospitals that underperform. This year, it penalized 764 hospitals...
More than one in four older adults skip care because of cost
In two separate surveys, one of older adults and one of their caregivers, Fair Health looked at...
Coronavirus: Medicare to cover at-home rapid tests
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that Medicare will cover Covid-19...
Round up: Emergency care
As you know, health care costs can be sky high. Regardless of what you pay, your health outcomes...
More hospitalized Medicare patients will qualify for nursing...
For many years now, Medicare has not always covered nursing home care for patients...
Roundup: Your doctors and your health
Some doctors are a lot better than other doctors. As you get older, it’s especially important...