How the Medicare political wars could hurt seniors : Shots

How the Medicare political wars could hurt seniors : Shots

Last week in Florida, at the College of Tampa, President Joe Biden promised to secure and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, as nicely as reduced well being treatment expenses. Mandel Ngan/AFP by using Getty Photos disguise caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP by using Getty Photographs Previous 7 days in Florida, at the College of Tampa,

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

Immediately after 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a tumble, Paula Christopherson, 97, was informed by her insurer that she need to return household. But instead of becoming relieved, Christopherson and her daughter ended up apprehensive mainly because her professional medical crew claimed she wasn’t properly plenty of to

Colorado, Medicare partnering to pay doctors based on whether they can keep patients healthy

Colorado, Medicare partnering to pay doctors based on whether they can keep patients healthy

Colorado is 1 of 4 states partnering with Medicare to attempt to spend doctors based on regardless of whether they can maintain their sufferers healthful, but it is not apparent how they are likely to do that. The notion that insurers can maintain expenditures down by encouraging the variety of treatment that retains men and