Stair lifts are deemed to be a permanent alteration to your home rather than removable medical equipment. Unlike stair lifts, ...

Medicare doesn’t cover stair lifts because they don’t qualify as durable medical equipment (DME). If you have a Medicare ...

Americans are badly misinformed about the basics of long-term care, a point driven home in numerous surveys and studies. One ...

Signing up for Medicare can be complicated, and mistakes can be costly. Let's demystify these five Medicare myths to avoid ...

The GOP spending bill is supposed to reduce Medicaid spending by roughly $1 trillion over the next 10 years compared to the current spending trajectory.

Offering behavioral health services in patients’ homes can make services more effective and patients more comfortable, but an ...

The tax, spending and policy bill making its way through Congress seeks to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid ...

Job-based health insurance may not cover everything after 65. Understand Medicare enrollment rules to avoid costly out-of-pocket expenses and penalties.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security 's trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed ...

Once the fund’s reserves become depleted, Medicare would be able to cover only 89% of costs for patients’ hospital visits, hospice care and nursing home stays or home health care that follow ...

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado.

Dear Savvy Senior: Does Medicare cover annual physical exams? I’ve gotten a physical every year since I turned 50 and would like to find out what Medicare covers when I sign up in a few months.