Insurers clearly have not figured out how to profit from the Medicare hospice benefit, which offers...
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Medicare Part D plans can make it hard to get prescription drugs
As you might already know, Medicare Part D plans can make it hard to get the prescription drugs you...
Medicare Advantage: Expect lots of care denials
If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan or any other corporate health insurance plan and need...
Need skilled nursing care? Medicare Advantage insurers often...
Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans are causing nursing homes to lose money at a rapid pace...
Next frontier: Eye exams using artificial intelligence
Photos from a retinal camera allow an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to perform eye exams...
2024: 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...
Will FDA approval of Wegovy to treat heart conditions mean more...
The FDA recently approved Wegovy, a weight-loss drug, to treat overweight people with heart...
Five concerning policy outcomes of Medicare Advantage program
We frequently think about aspects of Medicare and MA in isolation from their effects on our...
How to switch to Traditional Medicare from Medicare Advantage?
For years, I’ve been advising people to enroll in Traditional Medicare for easy access to...
Three big Medicare access to care issues put vulnerable people...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued its annual Medicare Advantage (MA)...