Medicare is big business. It changes a little or a lot every year, and millions have strong opinions about it.

Prior authorizations are the way MA managed care plans pre-approve some procedures before they’ll pay for them.

Medicare beneficiaries often pay monthly premiums, copays, annual deductibles and prescription drug costs. But what you may ...

Privatized Medicare Advantage plans overbill the U.S. federal government by up to $140 billion per year as they make patients ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 ...

Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on if and how he would reform Medicaid and Medicare during his first confirmation ...

Once you turn 65 years old and purchase Medicare Part B, you automatically have a 6-month Medigap open enrollment period. During this period, you can sign up for the Medigap plan of your choice.

Shelby Knowles / Bloomberg via Getty Images Eli Lilly's Zepbound can be covered by Medicare Part D plans after the FDA approved the drug as a treatment for sleep apnea last month. Weight loss ...

Medicare drug plans will limit enrollees’ annual out-of-pocket spending to $2,000, thanks to a provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that AARP championed. Specifically, the report shows that ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University of ...

Medicare Advantage, or Medicare Part C, provides Medicare parts A and B, as well as additional services that the insurer might add. These often include prescription drug coverage and other extras ...

People who have a significantly reduced ability to take part in activities such as bathing, dressing and continence directly due to excess body fat also meets the new definition, according to ...