Boost your protection from COVID-19
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Get ready to help increase your protection with a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. Medicare covers a COVID-19 vaccine
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Analysis: A Procedure That Cost $1,775 in New York Was $350 in Maryland. Here’s Why.
(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) For the past 18 months, while I was undergoing intensive physical therapy and
Read MoreDirect Primary Care, With a Touch of Robin Hood
(By Bernard J. Wolfson for Kaiser Health News) MODESTO, Calif. — Britta Foster and Minerva Tiznado are in different leagues
Read MoreCourt halts New York City retiree Medicare contract
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) After receiving pushback from retirees, New York City’s new Medicare contract for city
Read MoreSenate holds hearing on state, future of insurance: 8 takeaways
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing titled “Health Insurance Coverage in America:
Read More3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve Care
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Nursing homes receive billions of taxpayers’ dollars every year to care for chronically
Read MoreMedicare Advantage costs the federal government less than traditional Medicare
A recent report compares Medicare Advantage plans to fee-for-service (FSS) Medicare and found the federal government spends less money per
Read MoreMost Medicare Beneficiaries Don’t Shop Around for Coverage
(Wyatt Koma, Meredith Freed , Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation published October 21, 2021) The Medicare open enrollment period is
Read MoreDelta variant subtype detected in the US
(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) A sublineage of the delta variant that has gained some traction in the U.K. has
Read MoreNew federal funds spur expansion of home care services for the elderly and disabled
(By Selena Simmons-Duffin for NPR) For older people and people with disabilities, solving everyday practical problems can be the difference between
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