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Older adults with declining financial and health literacy are at risk of making mistakes that could significantly impact their well-being. They could, for instance, make wrong decisions on when to claim Social Security payments, ...
Apr 11, 2025
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Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with Medicare Advantage companies, and some say the only way to maintain services and protect patients is to end their contracts with ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Underscoring the massive scale of America's medical debt problem, a New York-based nonprofit has struck a deal to pay off old medical bills for an estimated 20 million people.
Apr 10, 2025
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mehmet Oz, M.D., to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to a report from The New York Times.
Apr 9, 2025
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Agricultural employers who provide farmworkers with health insurance earn higher profits, even after accounting for the cost of that coverage. In addition, farmworkers who get health insurance through their employers are ...
Apr 8, 2025
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An analysis of differential coding patterns between Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) plans estimated how much coding differs between insurers and how much extra revenue insurers receive as a result.
Apr 7, 2025
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Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget.
Apr 7, 2025
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When today's older adults were growing up, the only way to get information to your doctor or their clinic was a phone call. And getting more than a simple answer probably meant going in for an appointment.
Apr 4, 2025
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Americans received some protection against death during the COVID-19 pandemic if they lived in a state that had expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new study says.
Apr 4, 2025
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Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage—the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government—has more than quadrupled. ...
Apr 3, 2025
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