Seniors are becoming increasingly overburdened by marketing efforts from private Medicare plans, and low-income beneficiaries are twice as likely to file complaints regarding fraudulent phone calls ...

Near low-income Medicare beneficiaries experience significant affordability challenges, facing higher financial burdens and medical debt compared to other income groups. Despite similar health status ...

Debates about Medicare’s future too often ignore two important facts about the people who rely on Medicare. First, about half of the seniors and people with disabilities who rely on Medicare have ...

Medicare beneficiaries with near low income face significant health care affordability challenges, despite moderate out-of-pocket spending. Current financial assistance programs inadequately protect ...

Almost everyone 65 and older has received marketing related to Medicare, but some have reported experiences with Medicare marketing that violate federal rules, including marketers asking for Social ...

Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy Program could be eligible this year to pay no more than $2.50 for generic drugs and $6.30 for brand name drugs, according to a ...

2022 OCT 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily-- Medicare eligibility and enrollment are associated with decreases in the percentage of low-income adults ...

Patients with cancer who participated in the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy program were less likely to receive any systemic cancer therapy compared with patients not participating in the program. Among ...

The rising cost for this coverage doesn’t appear to be happening in a vacuum, as health care costs in general are on the rise ...

Stuck in a costly Medicare Part D plan? High drug prices and coverage issues aren't the end. Learn steps you can take now to ...

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the approach taken by the Department of Health and Human Services in calculating certain Medicare payments for hospitals that serve a large number of low-income ...

An oft-heard criticism of the new health care law is that its major provisions do not kick in until 2014, leaving little immediate benefit for most Americans, especially those struggling in this ...