Some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans offer special supplemental benefits for people with chronic illnesses in addition to their standard benefits, which match those of Original Medicare (parts A and ...

This article is the first in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Taxpayers will send an estimated $86 billion to Medicare Advantage insurers this year to pay for ...

For years, extra perks in Medicare Advantage (MA) caught people's attention. Dental care, grocery cards and gym memberships ...

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 06/12/2025. As a quick note, I know I've talked about the Insider Program a lot. We have a couple of ...

Many FEHB, FEDVIP and Medicare Advantage plans offered by FEHB carriers include supplemental benefits that can help lower your out‑of‑pocket healthcare costs.

Years of Medicare Advantage overpayments have increased Part B premiums for everyone and eroded Social Security benefits, a new congressional report finds.

Starting Medicare is an exciting step toward protecting your health, but if you have an existing medical condition, you might wonder how it affects your coverage. While Original Medicare and Medicare ...

Use them or lose them: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just proposed vacating a rule that would have alerted beneficiaries about their unused benefits Three in 10 Medicare Advantage ...

December is a time of nonstop errands: shopping for gifts, planning holiday travel and meals, and trying to beat year-end deadlines. Medicare Advantage beneficiaries have one more thing to add to ...