Researcher: Medicare Advantage Plans Costing Billions More Than They Should
Switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more than keeping them in original Medicare, a ...Read More
As Workers Struggle With Pandemic’s Impact, Employers Expand Mental Health Benefits
As the covid-19 pandemic burns through its second year, the path forward for American workers remains unsettled, with many continuing to wor...Read More
La catarata de información sobre la inscripción a Medicare no explica bien las opciones de Medigap
La temporada anual de inscripción abierta de Medicare ya está en marcha, y millones de beneficiarios, impulsados por una masiva campaña pu...Read More
Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap
Medicare’s annual open-enrollment season is here and millions of beneficiaries — prompted by a massive advertising campaign and aided by a d...Read More
New Health Plans Offer Twists on Existing Options, With a Dose of ‘Buyer Beware’
Trendy-looking websites promise convenience and freedom from networks, at far less than the cost of traditional health insurance. “Welcome ...Read More
California Law Aims to Strengthen Access to Mental Health Services
The number of people with symptoms of depression and anxiety has nearly quadrupled during the covid pandemic , which has made it even more m...Read More
If Congress Adds Dental Coverage to Medicare, Should All Seniors Get It?
William Stork needs a tooth out. That’s what the 71-year-old retired truck driver’s dentist told him during a recent checkup. That kind of ...Read More
What’s Scarier Than Covid? Halloween Health Haikus
Boo that we couldn’t treat all the readers participating in our third annual KHN Halloween Haiku Contest to their moment of gory glory. Your...Read More
Medicare Punishes 2,499 Hospitals for High Readmissions
The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting pa...Read More
How Billing Turns a Routine Birth Into a High-Cost Emergency
Caitlin Wells Salerno knew that some mammals — like the golden-mantled ground squirrels she studies in the Rocky Mountains — invest an insan...Read More
Direct Primary Care, With a Touch of Robin Hood
MODESTO, Calif. — Britta Foster and Minerva Tiznado are in different leagues as far as health care is concerned. Foster, who married into t...Read More
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