Medicare covers over 66 million people, and Medicaid covers over 80 million people, making them the largest U.S. agencies helping seniors and their caregivers pay for health care. Life in later ...

Over 65.7 million people in the U.S. are enrolled in federal health insurance program Medicare, all of whom are covered by ...

The difficulty that stakeholders face in comparing contracts with different structures could be solved by a standardized ...

Older Americans have ways to protect against high out-of-pocket health care costs, but it’s important to understand the trade ...

Hospital groups, health care industry leaders denounce the major cost reductions in federal health care programs, saying ...

Congressional Republicans are looking to make deep budget cuts, and Medicaid spending is a target. Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman says that large-scale reductions in the program would hit the poorest ...

while Medicaid covers costs that Medicare may not fully cover, such as home-based services, personal care, and nursing home care. Other coverage options like employer group health plans or Medigap ...

At a certain point in life, some older adults move into assisted living facilities, housing for people who need help with ...

In Medicaid, higher costs were concentrated in behavioral health and ... the midpoint. In comparison, Elevance’s full-year MLR for 2024 was 88.5%. Shrinking margins in Medicare Advantage plans ...

Medicare Advantage plans are popular, but some have limited provider networks, while and others require high cost sharing for ...

Providers are sympathetic to Medicare enrollees’ concerns but don’t agree on their role in helping patients find less costly ...