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Humana’s earnings boosted as Medicare Advantage membership exceeds expectations
The health insurer’s profit and revenue top estimates, while its stock is on track for its biggest one-day gain in more than a year.Business - MarketWatch - October 30 -
Medicare or Medicare Advantage? A Guide for 2025
Open enrollment for Medicare plans began on Oct. 15 and ends on Dec. 7. Here’s what older Americans need to know about the key differences when shopping for health insurance.Health - The New York Times - November 1 -
Medicare campaign attack ads are baloney
Medicare is certainly on the ballot in next week’s election. The fate and future direction of the program is going to be heavily influenced by budget math. But that doesn’t mean voters can rely on ...Business - MarketWatch - November 2 -
What are the Medicare premiums and costs in 2025?
Beneficiaries are seeing price hikes across various services next year.Business - MarketWatch - November 12 -
How Harris and Trump's stances on Medicare compare
The future of Medicare continues to come up in the closing arguments from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ahead of Election Day 2024.Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
It’s Time to Shop for Medicare, and 2025 Brings Big Changes
A bumper crop of revisions, including a stronger drug benefit, means the plan you enrolled in for 2024 may not be the best fit next year.Business - The New York Times - November 4 -
Election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare
How the U.S. election plays out could have a major impact on the millions of Americans enrolled in Medicare. Here's what to know.Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Trump Picks Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid
The celebrity physician would run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency in charge of programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Medicare Advantage gets ally in Dr. Oz
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Medicare Advantage finds ally in Trump pick Dr. Oz Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Medicare or Medicare Advantage? One of them doesn’t give you what you pay for.
Medicare open enrollment is here. It’s time for Congress to level the playing field.Business - MarketWatch - October 26 -
One reason I’m suspicious of Medicare Advantage? I’m a capitalist.
The downside of Medicare Advantage is that you are dependent for your health-insurance coverage on an organization that has powerful economic incentives not to pay.Business - MarketWatch - October 26 -
Harris’s plan for ‘Medicare at Home’ would revolutionize care in America
Home care and paid leave are complementary, critically needed care investments that could transform how the U.S. addresses serious health needs, disability and aging.Politics - The Hill - October 26 -
Considering Medicare Advantage during open enrollment? Watch out for this trap.
People age 65 need to understand this key risk before signing up.Business - MarketWatch - October 26 -
What seniors should know about Medicare open enrollment for 2025
There are a few important factors that seniors should be aware of during open enrollment this year.Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
Why the election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare
Democrats and conservatives are divided over whether the federal health program for people over 65 should be run almost entirely by the private sector.Top stories - ABC News - November 1 -
Flaws of the Medicare Advantage ‘quality’ ratings exposed in insurance-company lawsuits
Lawsuits raise questions about the validity of the star ratings system.Business - MarketWatch - November 9 -
What a second Trump term means for Social Security, Medicare and affordable housing
Congress may have more impact than the president when it comes to retirement.Business - MarketWatch - November 9 -
Seniors will pay more for Medicare in 2025. Here's what to know.
Medicare's Part B monthly premium is outpacing both inflation and Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment.Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
Premiums for Medicare Part B to rise in 2025: What to know
Those with Medicare can expect Part B monthly premiums to rise in 2025.Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS
Dr. Mehmet Oz previously ran for a Senate seat from Pennsylvania. CMS is one of the biggest agencies in the U.S. government, overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.Business - CNBC - 3 days ago -
Trump picks TV's 'Dr. Oz' to run Medicare and Medicaid agency
Oz, who has been criticized for promoting false and misleading claims about health and science, is Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago -
Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead key Medicare and Medicaid agency
Dr. Mehmet Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022. Now he's Trump's choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Trump taps Dr. Oz to head Medicare and Medicaid agency
President-elect Donald Trump chose TV personality and physician Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, while tapping Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to be commerce ...Politics - NBC News - 3 days ago -
Trump nominates ‘Dr Oz’ as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator
TV personality’s medical advice has proven so controversial a 2014 study declared half of it ‘baseless or wrong’. Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, best known globally as Dr Oz, to serve as the ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Robert Kennedy considers upheaval to US Medicare doctors’ billing system
Plan is latest sign that Donald Trump’s healthcare pick is preparing assault on medical establishmentWorld - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Could changes be coming to Medicare, Medicaid with Dr. Oz leading CMS?
Donald Trump tapped Dr. Oz to lead the CMS. Could changes be coming to Medicare and Medicaid, which are run by the federal government?Top stories - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Volvo Global Sales Boosted by EVs
The carmaker’s global sales rose 3% in October, with solid performance of its electrified range in Europe, but sales in the U.S. and China declined.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 4 -
If Musk and Trump want to cut federal spending by $2 trillion, they’ll have to come for Social Security and Medicare
Musk is talking big cuts. Something’s got to give.Business - MarketWatch - October 29 -
This retirement expert saved her mom $1,200 on Medicare drugs — and she’s got advice for you, too
It took many frustrating years for Marcia Mantell to convince her mom to let her help.Business - MarketWatch - November 2 -
‘An intriguing idea:’ 5 reasons we should talk about Harris’s Medicare home-care benefit
An examination of long-term care is good for all of usBusiness - MarketWatch - November 1 -
Key senators release 'site-neutral' plan to stop Medicare paying hospitals more for same service
Two key senators released a bipartisan plan Friday to require Medicare to pay the same rate for the same service, regardless of where the service is delivered. The “site-neutral” payment reform ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Medicare enrollment is often just one big sales pitch. Here’s where to get help.
Sales pitches are often biased, choices can be overwhelming and impartial help is not equally available to all.Business - MarketWatch - November 2 -
Harris and Trump need to win over older voters on more than just Social Security and Medicare
This election, older voters are worrying about issues that may not seem to directly affect them.Business - MarketWatch - November 5 -
Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesHealth - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Trump picks Linda McMahon for education, and says he won’t reconsider Matt Gaetz nomination – live
President-elect picks prominent donor and co-chair of transition team as education secretary; Trump won’t rethink Gaetz for attorney general despite mounting scrutiny. Trump nominates transition ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid
Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal ...Health - ABC News - 3 days ago