Enrollment Guide: A Few Tips To Help You Shop For A New Marketplace Plan
(By – Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News) Open enrollment for the health law’s 2016 marketplace plans begins Sunday, and federal officials
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Medicare – General
Health care costs for dementia found greater than for any other disease
(Source – National Institutes of Health) In the last five years of life, total health care spending for people with
Read MorePremiums For Key Marketplace Silver Plans Rising An Average Of 7.5 Percent, HHS Says
(By – Mary Agnes Carey and Jordan Rau, Kaiser health News) Premiums will increase an average of 7.5 percent for the second-lowest-cost silver
Read MoreMedicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015 – A Potential medicare Solution?
Described as “an essential piece of any sustainable healthcare system,” the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015 and its role in
Read MoreMedicare Patients: Be Wary of “Observation Status” if You’re Hospitalized
There could be a significant surprise waiting for you at the end of a hospital visit, depending on how your
Read MoreMedicare at Age 50: Unlikely to Make It to 100
(Source – NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS) In July 2015, the Medicare trustees released their 2014 report on the financial solvency
Read MoreMedicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare: Is the Balance Tipping?
(By – Tricia Neuman, Giselle Casillas, and Gretchen Jacobson – Kaiser Family Foundation) A growing share of Medicare beneficiaries have been enrolling in
Read MoreAre Medicare ACOs Working? Experts Disagree
(Source – Kaiser Health News) One of the missions of the 2010 federal health law is to slow the soaring
Read MoreMEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT PREVIEW
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) With Medicare Advantage (Part C) and prescription drug (Part D) open enrollment beginning October 15th,
Read MoreMedicare premium Increase for 8 million Americans looks increasingly likely
Sarah Ferris, reporting yesterday on thehill.com, reports that the possibility of averting an expected increase of over 50% in monthly
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