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Medicare Advantage insurers mull Wegovy coverage ‘trade-offs’
Modern Healthcare· 3 days agoMedicare Advantage insurers are weighing coverage of pricey new anti-obesity drugs after federal regulators last month announced traditional Medicare would ...
TONI SAYS: Why is Medicare Part D’s IRMAA premium so high?
The Weatherford Democrat· 6 days agoRecently I received a letter from Social Security telling me that my monthly Medicare Part B premium of $174.70 would double to $349.40 per month due to 2022</ ...
Weight loss drugs like Wegovy have taken the country by storm. But who can afford them?
USA TODAY· 2 days agoThat figure did not include rebates or other discounts negotiated...prevent heart attack or stroke,...
Biden, Trump ducking serious solutions to save Medicare’s hospital trust fund
The Washington Times· 5 days agoMedicare spending is growing much faster than the rate of federal tax revenues which support it. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that by 2032, Medicare< ...
3 big changes coming to Medicare in 2025—and what they’ll mean for you
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days ago“I think this is a very big deal,” says Lipschutz. This...new rule only applies to medications...
5 Medicare rules to know before returning to work in retirement
Bankrate via AOL· 5 days agoLet’s say you left your job and headed back to retirement in June 2022, but didn’t sign up for Part...
Bernie Sanders slams pharma giant for ‘outrageously high’ drug prices, threatening the ‘entire ...
Moneywise via Yahoo Finance· 12 hours agohealth care for all Americans, expressed his concerns about how public and private health insurance...
3.6 million Medicare enrollees may now be eligible for Wegovy coverage
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAbout 3.6 million Medicare enrollees may qualify for coverage for the anti-obesity drug Wegovy,...
Was President Biden correct in saying Medicare Part D will cap costs at $2,000 for drugs?
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoStacie Dusetzina, a cancer research and health policy professor at Vanderbilt University, wrote in...
Opinion: California's Single-Payer Health Insurance Fantasy Is Turning to Ashes
Times of San Diego· 2 days agoThe state Assembly’s Health Committee advanced Assembly Bill 2200 this week. The bill would ban...