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States struggle to help patients navigate insurance hurdle known as ‘step therapy’
Oklahoma Voice via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCassidy Yermal, 32, began experiencing debilitating migraines when she was 17 years old. As a...
New HSA Contribution Limits For 2025 Announced
Forbes· 5 days agoThe tax advantages of a Health Savings Account can be huge. All the same, optimizing your HSA can be a smart addition to your well-thought-out retirement...
Monica Treat — Making Medicare Painless
Arkansas Money & Politics· 4 days agoMonica Treat is on a mission to help seniors untangle the Gordian Knot of Medicare. As owner of Treat Insurance Agency, an independent provider of...
An obscure drug discount program stifles use of federal lifeline by rural hospitals
San Jose Mercury News· 6 days agoFacing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a...
RIP David Boaz, Libertarian Nonpareil
The American Conservative· 5 days agoDavid Boaz was long the public face of both the Cato Institute and Beltway libertarianism, arguing for free markets and civil liberties across multiple...
Ask Kevin: Due to income, Medicare payment is high. Should I keep it?
Federal Times· 3 days agoThe following is a question submitted by a Federal Times reader to columnist Kevin Moss, a senior editor at Consumers’ Checkbook and expert on federal employee health insurance plans for civil ...
Independent pharmacies at disadvantage with franchise companies
Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 10—High drug costs in the U.S. often prompt patients to order from other countries, and smaller rural and independent pharmacies suffer from requirements for sourcing by Medicare. An analysis ...
Ask Kevin: What can a Medicare Advantage plan do for someone in IRMAA?
Federal Times· 5 days agoThe following is a question submitted by a Federal Times reader to columnist Kevin Moss, a senior editor at Consumers’ Checkbook and expert on federal employee health insurance plans for civil ...
Insulin prices are deadly high—but mutual aid is keeping diabetics alive
Mother Jones· 6 days agoFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Since May 2021, Rebecca Dotson has navigated type II diabetes with the help of mutual ...
Biden plan to save Medicare patients money on drugs risks empty shelves, pharmacists say
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoMonths into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients,...
