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About 500,000 Louisianans use Medicare Advantage. But critics say it's overcharging.
Medicare Advantage, the privately run insurance on which roughly 500,000 older Louisiana residents rely for health care, is ...
US plans to test Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is considering a five-year pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the ...
WAPO: Medicare, Medicaid to experiment with covering weight loss drugs
Washington Post National Health Reporter Paige Winfield Cunningham discusses how the Trump administration is considering ...
Medicare, Medicaid plan to experiment with covering weight loss drugs
The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, potentially ...
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Primary Care Physicians Increasingly Leave US Medicare
An estimated 4.4% of primary care physicians left Medicare in 2023 — a higher exit rate than specialists — according to a new ...
On This Day: Johnson signs Medicare into law
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...
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Not All Medicare IDs Will Be Reissued
Question: I recently saw an article that Medicare is issuing new ID cards due to a data breach. When will mine arrive? Answer: You did hear correctly that there was a data breach and Centers for ...
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Alveolus Bio Secures Strategic Investment from Shilpa Medicare to Advance Groundbreaking Pulmonary Therapeutics
US] / Raichur (Karnataka) [India], August 4: Alveolus Bio, a pioneering respiratory drug development biotech company founded ...
Plan for Higher Health Care Costs in 2026: Projected Medicare Part B and Part D Premiums
In 2026, Medicare participants will pay more for their health care. Part B costs are expected to rise more than 10%. Here's ...
Feds raid Minnesota businesses, homes in coordinated effort to confront the state’s massive Medicare ‘fraud problem’
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that steps are being taken to address healthcare fraud. For one thing, ...
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Medicare Still Matters
Medicare is on shaky ground in the current policy environment, making it difficult to sustain its accomplishments, much less ...
Medicare could save $3.6 billion without risk to older adults, study suggests
The federal government's Medicare program and older adults together spend $4.4 billion a year on care that has low clinical ...