A new study by David Meyers, Brown University School of Public Health, et al., of people enrolled...
Medicare
Medicare Advantage plan “honor system” can breed...
The federal government today pays commercial health insurance companies nearly $200 billion a year...
Need home health care? Don’t count on Medicare
Of all the failings with the US health care system for older Americans and people with...
Have you signed up for MyMedicare?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offers a website, MyMedicare.gov, that...
2019 Medicare Handbook is misleading
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Why enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan?
Millions of people with Medicare choose a Medicare Advantage plan, a commercial health plan that...
2018 Medicare Open Enrollment
Medicare Open Enrollment began on October 15 and runs through December 7. If you are enrolled in a...
What’s the Medicare premium in 2019?
The 2019 standard monthly Medicare Part B premium, which covers physician services and other...
Don’t rely on Medicare Advantage plans to cover care from...
There is not a lot of good information available to help you choose a doctor, whether the doctor is...
For-profit nursing homes more likely to deny residents hospice...
A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Directors Association finds that...