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3 big reasons Medicare supplemental insurance makes sense now
Not sure if a Medicare supplement insurance plan is worth it now? Here are three major reasons why it could be.
UnitedHealth Shares Tumble After Earnings Fall Short Due to Medicare Issues
The healthcare company slashed its 2025 projections, citing higher-than-expected costs for people enrolled in its Medicare ...
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How Medicare Advantage Is Helping Bend The Cost Curve
As policy makers consider programmatic changes that would restrict MA plans’ ability to manage care, they should be mindful ...
US officials target undocumented immigrants using Medicare data
U.S. immigration officials and the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are seeking to use a sensitive Medicare ...
Medscape8d
4 Things Docs Should Know About New Medicare Advantage Rules
Prior authorization leeway will be trimmed while health plans get more money under new federal rules for Medicare Advantage ...
Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.
Democratic senators call on RFK Jr. to keep rule allowing Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to keep a proposed ...
Medicare Advantage’s ‘secretive maze’ of costly marketing and incentives needs an overhaul, Senate report says
The “secretive maze of marketing and enrollment incentives” surrounding Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers extra money and ...