March 2016 – Page 2 – medicarereport.org

Depending on whether or not you’re eligible for both programs, you may apply for both Social Security and Medicare simultaneously.

Pharmaceutical Company Has Hiked Price On Aid-In-Dying Drug

(By April Dembosky, KQED for Kaiser Health News) When California’s aid-in-dying law takes effect this June, terminally ill patients who decide to

A retiree is faced with many decisions including whether or not to take Medicare to cover their healthcare needs. But

Medicare–like Social Security–is on a path to deplete its cash reserves even quicker than Social Security, yet it doesn’t seem

Despite passage of healthcare reform laws, forty-three percent of insured adults in the state of Massachusetts state health care costs still

In this week’s issue of the journal Science, a team of genome scientist created a single-celled organism that has 473

The last of five defendants pleaded guilty for his role in a $33 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Detroit-area home

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Although primary care doctors frequently see patients with depression, they typically do less

A young athlete is hurt during a sporting event and is taken to nearby in-network hospital for emergency surgery; the

(By Chad Terhune and Melody Peters for Kaiser Health News) LOS ANGELES — Soon after doctors at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan