Most people don’t realize that Medicare only covers about half of a typical person’s...
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Older people’s annual drug costs average $26,000
A new AARP Public Policy Institute report reveals that drug prices have been increasing...
Check your medical bills before paying them
All it takes is a visit to the doctor and a few tests or pretty much any visit to the hospital and...
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...