Not all of us appreciate the value of health insurance as keenly as Howard Schultz, founder and chairman of Starbucks, does. It’s critical to be covered, though, today more than
Driving near Monterey, Calif., recently, I stopped at a roadside stand to buy some freshly-picked strawberries. May is high season for California strawberries, and the fields were exploding with beautiful,
Medicare spends billions of dollars each year on prescription drugs. That’s not surprising. What might be surprising, though, is how much the federal healthcare program spends per patient on some
You’ve probably heard the terms Medicare and Medicaid thrown around more times than you could count. But although the two programs happen to sound alike by name, there are some
If you’re getting close to age 65, or have even reached or surpassed it, you may be assuming that you know all you need to know about Medicare. If you
Millions of retired and disabled Americans depend on Medicare to help them cover healthcare-related expenses, but learning all the ins and outs of this huge government program can be a
Aetna and Cigna inked deals last month with drug maker Novartis that offer the insurers rebates tied to how well a pricey new heart failure drug works to cut hospitalizations
The failure of Medicare to cover most dental, hearing and vision expenses is perhaps its greatest failing. Other critics might point to the fact that it does not cover long-term
“What a Medicare for All program does is finally provide in this country healthcare for every man, woman and child as a right.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders “I don’t want
If someone working for Medicare calls and asks you for your bank account or Social Security number, hang up. According to the Federal Trade Commission, scammers are finding new ways
