Warnings from the 2019 Medicare trustees report
Medicare spending on a per-beneficiary basis rose sharply in 2018 and is anticipated to accelerate with the influx of baby
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Health Care Finance
Analysis: How Your Beloved Hospital Helps To Drive Up Health Care Costs
(By Elizabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been
Read MoreHow To Get Bargain Dentistry And A Vacation To Boot
(By Mike Salmon for Kaiser Health News) “Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared
Read MoreThey Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) From a planning perspective, Wolfgang Balzer is the perfect health care consumer. Balzer,
Read More‘Locally Grown’ Insurance Companies Help Fortify Washington State Market
(By Donna Gordon Blankinship for Kaiser Health News) SEATTLE — Although few states have finalized their 2020 health insurance rates
Read MoreMedicare wasting millions by paying for hospice drugs twice, inspector general finds
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare has been paying for drugs used in hospices twice, wasting hundreds of
Read MoreStudy finds MS drug costs skyrocketed for Medicare and patients
According to research recently published in JAMA, it found Multiple sclerosis patients felt the impact of rising list prices for
Read MoreMany Americans clueless about out-of-pocket medical costs, study finds
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) When it comes to out-of-pocket medical costs, many people are unaware of their
Read MoreThe rise in Medigap premiums is outpacing Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment
The rise of Medicare supplemental insurance policies, also known as Medigap policies, premiums are outpacing Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustments. Medigap
Read MoreWhy Red Wyoming Seeks The Regulatory Approach To Air Ambulance Costs
(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Wyoming, the reddest of Republican states and a bastion of free enterprise, thinks
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