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UnitedHealth Shares Tumble After Earnings Fall Short Due to Medicare Issues
The healthcare giant slashed its 2025 projections, citing higher-than-expected costs for people enrolled in its Medicare ...
US officials target undocumented immigrants using Medicare data
U.S. immigration officials and the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are seeking to use a sensitive Medicare ...
Medicare Advantage’s ‘secretive maze’ of costly marketing and incentives needs an overhaul, Senate report says
The “secretive maze of marketing and enrollment incentives” surrounding Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers extra money and ...
Health Affairs1d
How Medicare Advantage Is Helping Bend The Cost Curve
As policy makers consider programmatic changes that would restrict MA plans’ ability to manage care, they should be mindful ...
Dr. Oz’s impact on Medicare and Medicaid: Key insights for retirees
So far, Oz has been tight-lipped on what he thinks about potential cuts to Medicaid, dodging questions during his hearings ...
Democratic senators call on RFK Jr. to keep rule allowing Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to keep a proposed ...
Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.
Medscape7d
4 Things Docs Should Know About New Medicare Advantage Rules
Prior authorization leeway will be trimmed while health plans get more money under new federal rules for Medicare Advantage ...
The Quiet Privatization of Medicare
The privatization of Medicare has been taking place without much public debate – a trend that KFF says has implications for ...