Many retirees are surprised to learn that Medicare doesn't cover a number of essential healthcare services. You're more ...

Medicare Advantage insurers leaving certain markets affected more than 1 in 10 Americans enrolled in such plans with prescription drug coverage, a KFF analysis shows.

The new year will bring a new round of Medicare coverage, cost and policy changes that will affect each beneficiary differently, depending on their medical needs, income and other factors. To help you ...

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

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Policymakers are still deciding whether to make some types of Medicare coverage for telehealth permanent. Studies show it ...

A new JAMA study shows that a new Medicare billing code may have benefited specialists more than the primary care physicians it was designed to help most.

When you enroll, you have to select either original Medicare, which features Part A (hospital coverage) and Part B (physician ...

The lapse of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance has forced families to make difficult financial ...

Current Medicare Advantage enrollees have until March 31 to switch plans, either to another private Medicare Advantage plan or a government Medicare original coverage. Here's what experts say ...

Increasing Medicare Advantage payments for full Medicaid enrollees was not associated with meaningful changes in inpatient or nursing home use. Objective: To address concerns about payment adequacy in ...

Grace Mackleby ([email protected]), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Angela Liu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Erin Trish, University of Southern California ...