Medicare Delays a Full Crackdown on Private Health Plans The healthcare industry has evolved over the years, thanks to the introduction of private health plans. It is no secret that…
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Biden Budget Will Propose Tax Increase to Bolster Medicare
The legislation allows Medicare to regulate the price of certain expensive drugs that have been on the market for several years. It also limits the amount all drugmakers can raise…
Medicare Begins to Rein In Drug Costs for Older Americans
The third major change: When prices for drugs covered under Part D, and some under Part B, increase faster than the inflation rate, the law now requires drug manufacturers to…
U.S. Health Officials Seek New Curbs on Private Medicare Advantage Plans
Federal health officials are proposing an extensive set of tougher rules governing private Medicare Advantage health plans, in response to wide-scale complaints that too many patients’ medical claims have been…
Which to Choose: Medicare or Medicare Advantage?
Jump to: Medicare — the federally funded health care program — has been in place since 1965. Since then, an expanding array of Medicare Advantage plans have become available. For…
Private Medicare Plans Misled Customers Into Signing Up, Senate Report Says
Companies selling private Medicare plans to older adults have posed as the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies, misled customers about the size of their networks and preyed on…