August 2021 – Page 2 – medicarereport.org

Seniors would lose value if dental benefits added to Medicare, AHIP says

(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) A new report from AHIP warns that Medicare costs could increase while benefits

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Spurred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) COVID-19 may be most infectious in the two days before and three days

(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid

It is that time of the year when commercials with celebrity spokesperson talking about Medicare and how some Medicare Advantage

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is encouraging all Medicare Advantage organizations and Medicare-Medicaid plans to waive or relax

(By Helen Branswell and Andrew Joseph for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several

(Source – blogs.va.gov) It’s a topic people don’t like to talk about: every person dies. Despite the inevitable, there are

Medicare, unlike many private health insurance plans, Medicare Part D has no out-of-pocket limit on prescription drug costs each year.