Dear Readers: At one time I carried Medicare cards for four elders, and every time there was a question about their coverage, I had to make a time-consuming phone call. To add to the fun, my mom had lost her Medicare card before I was carrying hers, so I ...

CLEVELAND — Legal analysis: The official Medicare website is confusing beneficiaries who were worried about losing telehealth access on April 1. Legally Speaking, they're getting a reprieve from a change in benefits but it’s a temporary fix that could ...

This typically forms the backbone of your retirement healthcare coverage, but it's far from perfect. It has six gaping holes that could snare you if you ignore them. Fortunately, the current Medicare open-enrollment period gives you a chance to change your coverage until Dec. 7, 2025.

During the open enrollment period, it is extremely important that Medicare beneficiaries review their prescription coverage for 2026

A July 8 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of someone talking in Spanish to the camera while walking in a park. It includes a voiceover that doesn't synchronize with the person speaking. “Claim your Health Expenses Card and save on ...

A Medicare website that compares ratings of hospitals nationwide shows Medical Center Hospital comes up short compared to local competitors Odessa Regional Medical Center and Midland Memorial Hospital. The ratings range from one to five stars, with five ...

A person’s Medicare number can be found on their Medicare card or on the Medicare or Social Security websites. Some other documents may also contain it. The Medicare number is a unique 11-character combination of letters and numbers. It is also known as ...

Adopting site neutral payment policies for Medicare would yield savings for the program, for private insurance premiums and for enrollees' out-of-pocket costs, which would total about $471 billion over the next decade, according to a new analysis from the ...

As if to prove that every rule has an exception, the usually dysfunctional Republican-majority House of Representatives has at least one sensible piece of bipartisan legislation on its record: In December, it passed a health care measure called the Lower ...

Some leaders have become increasingly frustrated with hospital outpatient department reimbursements far outpacing ASCs, but there are efforts at the federal level to move toward site-neutral payments. “Our costs are increasing, especially salaries and ...