November 2016 – Page 13 – medicarereport.org

Are you aware of these three little known Medicare benefits: Free depression screening, eight smoking-cessation visits, and annual wellness visit

Californians can sock it to ‘greedy’ pharma. But will ballot vote bring down drug prices?

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) As Americans grapple with the rising cost of medicines, a contentious ballot measure1 in California

(By Michelle Andrews of Kaiser Health News) The open enrollment period for coverage through the health insurance marketplaces starts today,

In a new Walgreens survey reveals even though drug costs are a top concern for Medicare beneficiaries, they are not

(By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review) Out of the 2,633 hospitals that received a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade this

In the 2014, the United States total deaths were 2.6 million and 2.1 million were among Medicare beneficiaries; however, the

(By Jeffrey M. Drazen and Isaac S. Kohane for STAT) In the mid-1990s, a practice-changing clinical trial1 refined how people

For Obamacare exchange to be stable and keep premiums low, it needs the young and healthy to buy their insurance;

(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) About 240,000 Californians with job-based health coverage may have been surprised by a recent

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) With the annual sign-up period for plans on the health law’s marketplaces starting