Medicare’s retail prescription drug benefit plan, Medicare Part D, keeps out-of-pocket costs low for most beneficiaries. But a growing number
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If Congress adds dental coverage to Medicare, should all seniors get it?
William Stork needs a tooth out. That's what the 71-year-old retired truck driver's dentist told him during a recent checkup.
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Brooks-LaSure Confirmed as First Black Administrator of CMS
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, MPP, as the first Black administrator of the federal agency that oversees the
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Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare, according to study
Analyzing a national cancer database, researchers find a bump in diagnoses at 65, suggesting that many wait for Medicare to
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Readers and tweeters dispense timely advice for difficult times
How to explain vaccines to people who resist them Here is an attempt to write something that might convince people
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Medicare Beneficiaries With High Out-of-Pocket Costs May Reduce Insulin Adherence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with diabetes who face high out-of-pocket costs under Medicare Part D may buy or
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Inequitable medicare reimbursements threaten care of most vulnerable
Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly
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Counties with more trees and shrubs spend less on Medicare, study finds
A new study finds that Medicare costs tend to be lower in counties with more forests and shrublands than in
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Few Hemodialysis Patients on Medicare Enroll in Hospice
WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018 — Among Medicare beneficiaries on hemodialysis, few patients are enrolled in hospice at the end of
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