All it takes is a visit to the doctor and a few tests or pretty much any visit to the hospital and...
Medicare
What’s the Medicare premium in 2017?
The monthly Medicare Part B premium in 2017 technically is $134.00, up 10 percent from this year...
New and innovative home and community-based services for older...
According to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, 12 million older adults with Medicare have...
Medicare and Veterans’ benefits: Vets can have both
If you’re a Vet and also have Medicare, you may be entitled to health care benefits through both...
Turning 65? Make sure you’re not involuntary enrolled in a...
An increasing number of people first going on Medicare are being involuntarily enrolled in Medicare...
8.3 million people benefit from both Medicare and Medicaid
Medicaid is a joint federal and state public health insurance program for 70 million vulnerable...
For-profit PACE programs: Cause for worry?
Sarah Varney reports for Kaiser Health News that the for-profit sector will now be providing a...
Insurers denying some costly treatments patients need
Bob Tedeschi reports in Stat news on a growing trend by health insurers to deny some costly...
Value-based insurance design coming to Medicare
In January 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, will launch a new initiative...
Telehealth on the rise
Telehealth or telemedicine–the provision of care through telephone or digitally, including...