Who out there has heard of IRMAA?
Not many Medicare beneficiaries have heard of IRMAA – income-related monthly adjustment amount- and, if they did, it came as
Read More
Part D/Prescription Drugs
Medicare Part D premiums lower for 2023
Medicare beneficiaries should be seeing a lower premium for prescription drug coverage in 2023; however, the maximum deductible next year
Read MoreCMS Releases 2023 Projected Medicare Basic Part D Average Premium
(Source – cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the average basic monthly premium for
Read MoreMedicare enrollment periods
Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You are first eligible to sign up for Medicare 3 months
Read MoreInsulin Out-of-Pocket Costs in Medicare Part D
(By Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation published July 28, 2022) Addressing the cost of insulin continues
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About Paxlovid — Especially, Should You Take It?
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) When President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 on July 21, his physician
Read MoreSenator challenges largest payers to follow UnitedHealthcare, drop insulin costs
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock of Georgia has challenged the nation’s largest payers to
Read MoreAs new variant spreads, a crucial drug to protect the most vulnerable goes vastly underused
(By Jason Mast for STAT) Jennifer Padgett has spent 2 1/2 years terrified for her immunocompromised daughter, Hannah. Hannah catches
Read MoreNew law will require drug manufacturers to provide refunds to CMS for certain discarded drugs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data from 2020 shows the agency paid almost $720 million for discarded drugs
Read MoreWhy are Americans spending more on prescription drugs?
Why do Americans spend, on average, $1,300 per person per year on prescription drugs? Is it due to the median
Read More