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 Medicare
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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