Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15: Here's what to know
Medicare's fall open enrollment, which runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, is an opportunity to review your benefits and make changes for 2025.
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services
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Revising Medicare Part D prescription drug policy could save billions, say researchers
Removing protected class regulation from Medicare prescription drug policies could greatly reduce the United States' prescription drug spending—this could have saved potentially $47 billion between 2011–2019, according to ...
Oct 8, 2024
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How Minnesota figures into the presidential politics of insulin prices
In June 2019, Lija Greenseid handed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz an empty vial of insulin that her 13-year-old daughter had painted gold.
Oct 7, 2024
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New law regulating out-of-pocket drug spending saves cancer patients more than $7,000 a year, study finds
As prescription oral chemotherapies have become a common form of cancer treatment, some patients were paying more than $10,000 a year for medications. A new study finds that efforts to cap prescription drug spending are yielding ...
Sep 10, 2024
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New AI technique significantly boosts Medicare fraud detection
Medicare is sporadically compromised by fraudulent insurance claims. These illicit activities often go undetected, allowing full-time criminals and unscrupulous health providers to exploit weaknesses in the system. Last year, ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Eye signage in surgical theater areas has potential to decrease incivility
Australian researchers have successfully trialed a novel experiment to address offensive and rude comments in operating theaters by placing "eye" signage in surgical rooms.
Jan 4, 2024
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Medicare is overpaying for generic drugs: Study
Medicare is the single largest provider of health insurance in the United States, serving 63.8 million senior citizens as of 2022. Three-quarters of these recipients are enrolled in optional Medicare Part D plans, which provide ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Members of the public to help stop insurers' bogus Medicare Advantage sales tactics
After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a special weapon to make sure companies follow the ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Biden administration's limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say
The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry's price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say. Instead, it's adding to the woes of the ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Medicare enrollees can switch coverage now: Here's what's new and what to consider
Consumers know it's fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots—and airwaves and mailboxes are filled with advertisements for Medicare options.
Oct 19, 2023
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