Make your next Medicare premium payment online
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) If you get a bill from Medicare for your premiums, you may now be able to pay
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When Caring For A Sick Spouse Shakes A Marriage To The Core
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to
Read MoreIf you plan on working over 65, pay close attention to your workplace benefits
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force participation rate for 65 to 74 age cohort is projected
Read MoreWhat is Medicare for All?
With all the proposal for Medicare for All, an industry that accounts for nearly a fifth of the nation’s economy,
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans offering supplemental benefits in 2020
Insurers are becoming more comfortable offering supplemental benefits such as adult day care or massages ahead of the 2020 plan
Read MoreUnitedHealth expanding housing program to 30 markets by early 2020
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group plans to extend its housing program for homeless Medicaid recipients, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Read MoreSeema Verma: CMS’s ‘expanded pathway’ for new antibiotics can help fight antimicrobial resistance
(By Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for STAT) Americans are under siege by drug-resistant
Read MoreA new Alzheimer’s therapy is approved in China, delivering a surprise for the field but also questions
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Chinese regulators have granted conditional approval to an Alzheimer’s drug that is derived from seaweed,
Read MoreMedicare overpaid suppliers $92.5M for inhalation drugs, inspector general finds
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The HHS’ Office of Inspector General found that Medicare overpaid suppliers of inhalation drugs by
Read MoreHow Much Do Medicare Beneficiaries Spend Out of Pocket on Health Care?
(By Juliette Cubanski, Wyatt Koma, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for the Kaiser Family Foundation) Many policymakers and presidential candidates
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