How Are Medicare Costs Calculated?

How Are Medicare Costs Calculated?

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

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Medicare To Experiment With Tying Drug Costs to Effectiveness

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

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Poll studies American views on health care

Twenty five percent of U.S. adults do not have a regular doctor and 26 percent have serious financial problems related to healthcare, according to a public health poll released last

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5 Reasons Your Health Insurance Plan Will Deny Your Medical Bill

Having your health insurance claim denied is enough to make you feel sick all over again — especially if you’re stuck with a large medical bill as a result. The

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How You Could Get Hit With a Surprise Medical Bill

One in three American adults has faced them Almost exactly a year ago, John Elfrank-Dana, a 58-year-old father of three, slipped on the steps of a New York subway, slammed

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Clinics may not lower health insurance costs

Walk into these clinics, and the American health system might be spending more than it had hoped. The massive growth in the number of retail health clinics may be leading

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Drug Patent Expirations: $190 Billion Is Up for Grabs

Over the last several years, patent cliffs have led to steep revenue losses for traditional pharmaceuticals as well as created a gateway for smaller companies to come to market with

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Price Transparency May Lower $27 Billion in Healthcare

Price transparency or providing incentives to direct consumer behavior would actually have minimal effect on reducing healthcare spending. Price transparency in the healthcare industry is becoming more and more pertinent

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Will Generic Drugs Help Curb Healthcare Costs?

Our population is aging and more people than ever are taking prescription drugs, contributing to the rising costs of health care. Consumers, insurance companies, and governments are all helping to

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Millennials bring changes in health care system

Millennials, those born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, represent one-quarter (25 percent) of the U.S. population, more than 75 million individuals. Millennials are figuratively and literally “coming

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