Cutting Medicaid shifts costs to Medicare, increasing the burden on federal taxpayers. Medicaid covers essential services not covered by Medicare, such as nursing home care and premiums ...

Knowing how Medicare is evolving and which benefits you can rely on will help you focus on whether Original Medicare or a particular Medicare Advantage plan will serve you best. Medical costs are ...

Reaching Medicare age is a big milestone, one that can feel like a payoff after years of working, paying taxes and worrying about covering the costs of health insurance. But while Medicare is a ...

Medicare is supposed to fund health-care services for elderly and disabled Americans. But poorly structured payments for Medicare Advantage—a program that pays private insurers to manage seniors’ ...

The Trump administration says it will not move forward with a Biden proposal that Medicare cover anti-obesity drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Zepbound from Eli Lilly. The drugs have been ...

You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. Medicare’s financial future unexpectedly got a lot rosier, at least according to some federal budget wonks. The Congressional Budget Office ...

Victoria Shier receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private ...

Medicare will seek to negotiate lower list prices for the blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy and 14 other medications, a cost-saving move that would take effect in 2027.

As we near the turnover of administrations, Health Affairs Forefront offers a series of articles from leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offering their thoughts on the major ...

People tend to like their Medicare Advantage plans — until they don’t. Consider the case of Rose LaChapelle, who says the Medicare Advantage plan that was supposed to provide care for her 92 ...

Myles has a bachelor's degree from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Medicare is one of the most significant parts of federal government spending, so it is no surprise that Project 2025 ...

Grace McCormack receives funding from Arnold Ventures and Commonwealth Fund to study Medicare Advantage. Erin Duffy receives funding from Arnold Ventures and provides expert testimony on matters ...