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Medicare
What are Medicare premium and other costs in 2020?
The 2020 standard monthly Medicare Part B premium, which covers medical and outpatient...
Medicare Open Enrollment in 2019
Medicare Open Enrollment begins on October 15 and runs through December 7. Whether you are enrolled...
Medicare Part D plans often don’t cover new generic drugs
According to Stat, the Association for Accessible Medicines–the trade association for generic...
If you need nutrition counseling, Medicare may cover it in full
As we all know, what we eat can affect our health in all kinds of ways. And, for the 15 million...
New Medicare rule requires insurers to tell people their...
Even though health care costs can be sky high, people often have little clue what their copay will...
Major problems with Medicare Plan Finder
Not long ago, advocacy groups called out the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for...
Choose your hospice carefully
The HHS Office of the Inspector General just issued two scathing reports on the Medicare hospice...
Prescription drug costs soar for people with Medicare Part D
A new Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief reports that out-of-pocket prescription drug costs are...
Medicare may cover acupuncture for lower back pain
The Washington Post reports that, under a new proposal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...