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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Democrats’ Plans to Expand Medicare Benefits May Pinch Advantage Plans’ Funding
One Medicare advocacy group is airing messages aimed at alarming the public and encouraging Congress not to make cuts to ...
Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
Despite the high-powered advertising of the Medicare Advantage plans, beneficiaries still generally end up with significant out-of-pocket costs for vision ...
Why Doesn’t Medicare Cover Services So Many Seniors Need?
“Traditional” Medicare does not cover many benefits used overwhelmingly by its beneficiaries, including most vision, dental and hearing care, and ...