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If you have Medicare, here’s what you’ll pay for health care in 2025

The most significant Medicare change for 2025 will be the new $2,000 cap for prescription drugs.

Republicans’ healthcare proposal if Trump wins? More private Medicare

Republicans’ healthcare proposal if Trump wins? More private Medicare

Medicare Advantage plans promise enticing benefits such as free monthly premiums for drugs benefits, but problems start when people fall ill

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How Medicare could change under a Trump or Harris presidency

How Medicare could change under a Trump or Harris presidency

Which candidate wins in November could have a major impact on Medicare and its beneficiaries.

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Project 2025's "shocking" Medicare plot

"We've invited for-profit corporations to drain the Medicare Trust Fund … and we overpay them to kill people"

Will Medicare pay for your home health care needs? It might—if you meet certain requirements

Experts clarify one of the biggest areas of confusion about Medicare—whether, and when, it covers home care.

Medicare Advantage supplemental health plans draw scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Medicare Advantage plans lure customers with television ads promising plans with dental, vision and hearing benefits that traditional Medicare doesn’t offer

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Medicare Advantage supplemental health plans draw scrutiny - Roll Call

Though supplemental benefits often draw seniors to Medicare Advantage plans, insurance experts question their value.

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Prior authorization rules are stressful for Medicare Advantage customers

Prior authorization rules are stressful for Medicare Advantage customers

Millions of prior authorization requests are denied every year, leaving some Medicare Advantage customers without adequate care. But changes are coming to fix this.

Aggressive Medicare Advantage marketing floods TV and mailboxes with misleading ads. The Biden administration is cracking down

Aggressive Medicare Advantage marketing floods TV and mailboxes with misleading ads. The Biden administration is cracking down

“These third-party groups have gotten very aggressive and creative.”

It's Medicare Open Enrollment season. Here's what to consider if you want to change plans

It's Medicare Open Enrollment season. Here's what to consider if you want to change plans

Medicare recipients have the opportunity to change their plans between Jan. 1 and March 31.

Medicare Advantage plans overcharged government hundreds of millions but get to hang onto the money

Medicare Advantage plans overcharged government hundreds of millions but get to hang onto the money

The federal Medicare agency will require next to nothing from insurers for excess payments they got from 2011 to 2017 and won’t impose big penalties until audits for 2018 and beyond are conducted, which could be years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Medicare won't pay for home Covid tests

Medicare won't pay for home Covid tests

The laws governing Medicare don’t provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests

Q&A: Why Medicare doesn’t pay for at-home rapid COVID tests

What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of COVID-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time getting free at-home COVID tests under the Biden administration’s plan? Yes, seniors.

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