WyoFile on MSN

'Medicare for All' can fix a broken system

The current U.S. healthcare system is broken.  The problem is bigger than affordability. Our system is a for-profit ...

Medicare Advantage can no longer cover these items in 2026

If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, you need to know which items can no longer be covered. Medicare Advantage Plans can ...
Forbes

I Switched To Medicare Advantage — Was It The Right Move?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author of best seller AARP Roadmap for the Rest of Your Life. For years my wife and I were covered by traditional Medicare and a ...

Why Oliver and Orman are sounding the alarm

Two influential voices — comedian John Oliver and personal finance expert Suze Orman — are making a forceful case for ...
WFMZ-TV

Which version of Medicare is best: traditional coverage or Medicare Advantage?

Neuman: Traditional Medicare is what people think about as the national program that provides Medicare benefits. Medicare Advantage are plans that are run by private insurance companies like ...
WLRN

Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage — private alternative to Medicare

Medicare Advantage — the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare — is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion a year.
MedPage Today on MSN

Medicare Is of Two Minds on Prior Authorization

As the year comes to a close, the Trump administration seems to be going in two different directions when it comes to the use ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

For seniors on Medicare Advantage, lower costs can mean gambling with health care

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, prior authorizations and claim denials complicate this increasingly popular ...
Palm Beach Post

How Medicare isn't the free ride you've been dreaming of

Medicare doesn't cover all senior healthcare costs and lacks some services found in employer-sponsored plans. Most people are automatically enrolled in Parts A and B upon turning 65 if they receive ...
Labroots

Medicare Advantage Versus Traditional Medicare for Cancer Treatment

Cancer treatment costs about $150,000 per patient. In 2015, spending for cancer treatment and care in the United States was estimated at $183 billion. Experts predicted a 34% increase to $246 billion ...
Health Affairs

Medicare Part B Clinician Payment Programs And The Growing Costs Of Administrative Complexity

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...
WESA

Which version of Medicare is best: traditional coverage or Medicare Advantage?

A van advertising changes to Medicare created by the Inflation Reduction Act sits outside the Heinz-Menaker Senior Center in Harrisburg. Upon turning 65 or retiring, Americans face a major choice: Go ...