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For seniors on Medicare, there are new offerings that may be appealing during COVID-19

by Erika Beras

Oct 15, 2020

Some supplemental plans offer benefits that are related to health care, like access to meal delivery services or transportation to medical appointments.

EMS medics treat a senior with COVID-19 symptoms in Houston, Texas.

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Middle-aged Americans worried about health care costs are less likely to seek care

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon

Feb 10, 2020

A quarter of adults in their 50s and early 60s worry about paying for health insurance.

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Medicare can be confusing, but where there's choice ... there's business opportunity

by Jack Stewart

Oct 4, 2019

Insurance brokers have built businesses in educating consumers and selling them Medicare plans.

President Donald Trump speaks before an executive order signing regarding Medicare in Florida.

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Rural hospitals expect to see a boost with changes to Medicare reimbursement

by Mary Scott Hodgin

Sep 30, 2019

Medicare is increasing reimbursement rates for certain low-wage hospitals, but not everyone supports the change.

Coosa Valley’s café, called the Hickory Street Café, is a popular lunch spot in Sylacauga, Alabama.

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Why do foreign countries pay less than the U.S. for prescription drugs?

by Amy Scott

Jul 9, 2019

The answer comes down to one key tactic: negotiation.

A pharmacy's green cross sign in Nantes, western France.

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Here's how it works if you're undocumented and need health care

by Andy Uhler

Jul 9, 2019

If a person without authorization to be in the U.S. can afford it, they can purchase nongovernment-subsidized insurance. But few jobs pay enough.

Medical students give a check-up to a Jamaican migrant worker on a H2A visa at a Connecticut apple orchard and farm on October 11, 2017 in Middlefield, Connecticut.

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Many in the health care industry already lining up to derail 'Medicare-for-all'

by Blake Farmer

Feb 8, 2019

Patients may like the sound of "Medicare-for-all," but for many of the hospitals and doctors who would treat them, it's a nonstarter.

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GE has a long-term care insurance problem

by Kimberly Adams

Jan 1, 2019

Caring for the elderly is expensive for insurers and for families.

A home health aide helps an elderly man with his laundry in Miami.

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Will that extra money in your Social Security check add up to much?

by Renata Sago

Oct 11, 2018

An estimated 67 million Americans receiving the benefits will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living boost to their checks.

Blank checks run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia in 2011.

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Our Social Security system is in even worse shape than we think, according to one academic

by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen

Jun 6, 2018

An economics professor from Boston University says that a new report on Social Security and Medicare is hiding the truth.

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