Some people are finding that they cannot fill their prescriptions for generic drugs at the...
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What are Accountable Care Organizations?
Medicare has been experimenting with new payment models to bring down health care costs, improve...
What to do if your in-network doctor goes out of network?
It used to be that our health care system valued continuity of care. Insurers covered care from...
Three things to consider about end-of-life care
If you’re caring for someone at the end of life–with a life expectancy of no longer...
No projected 2018 increase in standard Medicare premium
[Editor’s note: Medicare 2018 premium information released, November 20, 2017.] The July...
Medicare should cover dental, vision and hearing services
A new paper in JAMA, by Amber Willink, Cathy Schoen and Karen Davis, explains why Medicare should...
How to protect yourself against unexpected medical bills
If you’ve been to the hospital at any time in the last several years–be it for a scheduled...
Medicaid: Why it matters to all of us
Medicaid, with “aid” at the end, is a federal-state insurance program established to help...
Mental health telemedicine growing in rural areas
At both the federal and state levels, there is a growing interest in telemedicine. But how is it...
People with Medicare still forced to go without critical...
We need to expand Medicare so that it covers all essential medical costs. Today, people with...