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08/03/2024

This brief notes how often working-age adults reported their insurance provider denied coverage or charged for a service they thought should have been covered.

06/28/2024

We will need to wait to see how the "Chevron Deference" Ruling plays out.

Baker Donelson recently published Anticipating SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Deference – What to Know and Five Ways to Prepare explaining the United States...

05/08/2024

Medicaid • Medicare • What's Buzzing New nursing home staffing requirements are a step forward April 23, 2024by Diane ArcherAdd Comment Sebastian Seck Written by Diane Archer It has become increasingly clear that our federal government is not willing or able to enact laws and rules that go as fa...

03/19/2024

Medicare • Your Coverage Options How to switch to Traditional Medicare from Medicare Advantage? March 6, 2024by Diane Archer1 Comment Etienne Boulanger Written by Diane Archer For years, I’ve been advising people to enroll in Traditional Medicare for easy access to medically reasonable and neces...

03/17/2024

Medicare • What's Buzzing How will the administration address Medicare Advantage overpayments in 2025? March 5, 2024by Diane ArcherAdd Comment Jingming Pan Written by Diane Archer When the Medicare Advantage program was enacted, health insurers claimed it would reduce Medicare spending. But, Medic...

02/02/2024

Medicare • What's Buzzing Even with billions in overpayments, Medicare Advantage insurers are losing value January 22, 2024by Diane ArcherAdd Comment Josh Appel Written by Diane Archer The latest news suggests that Humana and other big insurers are losing shareholder value because they are spendin...

11/26/2023

Health and financial security • Medicare • What's Buzzing UnitedHealth deprives members of critical rehabilitation care November 15, 2023by Diane ArcherAdd Comment Xavier von Erlach Written by Diane Archer A new investigation by Bob Herman and Casey Ross, reported in Stat News, reveals that Unit...

11/07/2023

Mike Johnson called for a bipartisan commission to resolve the debt crisis. Here's a look at what this means for Social Security and Medicare.

03/15/2023

Sometimes over telehealth.

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12/21/2022

For Immediate Release December 20, 2022 New York is on the Precipice of a Patient Access Disaster The Combination of Federal Medicare Cuts and Potential Expanded Liability Costs Will Devastate Patients’ Access to Care in New York   Statement Attributable to: Parag Mehta, MD President, Medical Soc...

12/01/2022

Medicare Advantage Plans are saturating television and the USPS. Advantage Plans "promise the best of medical care" and give beneficiaries. Insurance companies are in the business of making profits.

Private plans for seniors were supposed to save money while providing better care. That's not how it turned out.

11/04/2022

Medicare Advantage Plans are extremely deceiving. Remember,
insurance companies are in the business of making money.

Medicare • Your Coverage Options People in Medicare Advantage trade away access to care October 25, 2022by Diane ArcherAdd Comment Masaaki Komori Written by Diane Archer Both the Wall Street Journal and MedPage Today recently have run compelling stories on the tradeoffs of opting for Medicare Adva...