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Medicare Advantage plans may cover things like pet food, golf fees and ski passes
Beneficiaries of certain Medicare Advantage plans may be able to access supplemental benefits like greens fees and ski passes ...
UnitedHealth investors wary and looking for Medicare strategic change
UnitedHealth Group investors, stunned by missteps at the once predictable healthcare giant, are warily expecting strategic ...
Medicare Low-Income Drug Benefit Saves Lives, Study Says
More than 14 million poor Medicare beneficiaries receive the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which further reduces ...
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House Democrats urge judge to advance UnitedHealth Medicare fraud case to trial
House Democrats are backing the Justice Department case that alleges UnitedHealth Group committed widespread Medicare ...
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Federal Budget Bill Includes a Medicare Pay Hike for MDs, But Will It Stick?
Lawmakers tussle over a federal budget bill that includes a Medicare rate increase for clinicians starting in 2026.
What Trump's Executive Order Means for Medicare, Medicaid
The order is based on a "most favored nation" pricing model, which is similar to a policy Trump pushed in his first ...
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UnitedHealth’s Optum working on Medicare risk scoring system that would use AI
Ken Cohen, a physician and Optum’s executive director of translational research, said Thursday at a conference organized by ...
Study finds increase in Medicare Part D beneficiaries affected by insurers exiting the marketplace
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included many changes to Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits, improved ...
Could Prescription Drug Costs Change for Medicare Users? Experts Weigh In
Americans pay significantly more for prescription medications, with branded drugs in the U.S. costing about three times more ...
RFK Jr. says he ‘loves’ Medicare Advantage. Uh-oh.
Medicare Advantage is an $84 billion boondoggle, and one of the simplest, most obvious examples of “waste, fraud and abuse” ...