In December 2020, the Trump administration changed payment policy for hundreds of procedures that...
Medicare
Medicare spent $1.7 billion on brand-name drugs though generics...
In yet another example of private health insurers driving up Medicare spending, a new report in...
Access to affordable care improves when people enroll in Medicare
A new paper in Health Affairs by Paul Jacobs looks at the impact of Medicare on access to...
Do Medicare Advantage plans give you appropriate access to...
Most Medicare Advantage plans establish networks that restrict your access to doctors and...
Your Medicare choice: Silver Sneakers v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering
You might consider the choice between private Medicare Advantage and public traditional Medicare as...
Well-kept secrets of Medicare Advantage plans
In the last few weeks, I’ve given a couple of talks focused on Medicare Advantage. I always...
The Medicare drug benefit needs an out-of-pocket cap
Harris Mayer reports for Kaiser Health News that older adults and people with disabilities with...
2020 Omnibus budget bill improves Medicare
The 2020 Omnibus budget bill that President Trump just signed into law includes key provisions that...
Medicare coverage changes for 2021
Understandably, Americans fear the federal government these days at least as much as they value...
For-profit dialysis care puts off transplants
Lizzie Presser reports for Pro Publica on how the corporate for-profit health care system is rigged...