Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
As early as three weeks after Medicare’s drug plan enrollment period ends on Dec. 7, insurance plans can change what ...
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Medicare Advantage Plans Send Pals to Seniors’ Homes for Companionship — And Profits
Since 2020, Medicare Advantage plans nationwide have partnered with companion providers to address members’ loneliness — a problem exacerbated by ...
Seeking to Shift Costs to Medicare, More Employers Move Retirees to Advantage Plans
Over the past decade, an increasing number of employers have used the government’s Medicare Advantage program as an alternative to ...
‘Somebody Is Gonna Die’: Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions
A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is riddled with problems, leaving thousands of patients without ...
Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule ...
Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests
What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will ...
Post-Pandemic, What’s a Phone Call From Your Physician Worth?
Should insurers pay for “audio-only” visits? And, if they do, should they pay the same reimbursement rate as when a ...
Researcher: Medicare Advantage Plans Costing Billions More Than They Should
Switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more than keeping them in original ...
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers
Finding the best private Medicare drug or medical insurance plan among dozens of choices is tough enough without throwing misleading ...
Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap
Those who have instead opted for traditional Medicare face a critical decision about private insurance. Too often the import of ...