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.
Oct 11, 2024
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Financing, Government
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Q&A: Harris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, benefiting older Americans and their caregivers
Vice President Kamala Harris outlined a proposal to allow Medicare to expand its coverage of home health care for older Americans. The Democratic presidential nominee announced this plan on the television talk show "The View."
Oct 9, 2024
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Findings call for transparency in Medicare Advantage operations
New findings call for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States' largest health care capitation program.
Oct 8, 2024
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Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status
State Sen. Victor Torres represents predominantly Hispanic Osceola County in central Florida. At Sunday Mass at his local church, immigrants often tell him they are scared to seek health care.
Oct 8, 2024
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Supplemental Medicare benefits still leave dental, vision, and hearing care out of reach for many
Lower-income adults with Medicare Advantage plans are more likely to have difficulty paying for dental, vision, and hearing services than higher-income beneficiaries—despite enrolling in plans that cover these benefits, according ...
Oct 7, 2024
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The Medicare Advantage influence machine
Federal officials resolved more than a decade ago to crack down on whopping government overpayments to private Medicare Advantage health insurance plans, which were siphoning off billions of tax dollars every year.
Oct 7, 2024
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Analysis reveals improved cancer survival for young adults after passage of Affordable Care Act
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010 includes a Dependent Coverage Expansion (DCE) provision that permits dependents to remain on their parents' health insurance plans from age 19 to ...
Oct 7, 2024
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Federal government may be paying twice for care of veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans
From 2011 to 2020, the Veterans Health Administration spent $78 billion to care for U.S. military veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, raising questions about federal overpayments to those private plans.
Oct 5, 2024
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Medicaid could bolster or reshape US homeless policy
Medicaid and health systems are playing a growing role in providing housing and other services to people experiencing homelessness, investments that could bolster—or eventually overtake—existing governance structures, new ...
Sep 30, 2024
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How North Carolina made its hospitals do something about medical debt
North Carolina officials had been quietly laboring for months on an ambitious plan to tackle the state's mammoth medical debt problem when Gov. Roy Cooper stepped before cameras in July to announce the initiative.
Sep 25, 2024
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