Medicare Planning
Medicare planning news and analysis, including coverage of the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare supplement insurance, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly plans.
Democrats Plan to Close Tax Loophole to Extend Medicare Solvency
By Erik WassonIndividuals earning over $400,000 a year could pay a 3.8% health surcharge on pass-through business income.
July 01, 2022
Buyers Still Want Life and Health Brokers: Stacy KirshnerThe Alvarez & Marsal insurance deal specialist says firms with a senior market focus are especially popular.
June 29, 2022
What Medicare Parts A and B Leave Out: A Medicare Customer QuestionBoth programs expose clients to many coverage holes.
June 29, 2022
'Mom' Factor Helps Medicare Advantage Plans at House HearingMany lawmakers talked about how much their constituents, or their own parents, like the program.
June 28, 2022
Weak Care Access Plagues Some Dying Medicare Plan Enrollees: GAOIs your client in a plan with a misleading provider directory?
June 22, 2022
Supreme Court Backs Health Plan in 'Disparate Impact' Discrimination CaseThe ruling could hurt efforts to base other types of discrimination cases on disparate-impact allegations.
June 17, 2022
Medicare Has Problems With Seeing Race and Ethnicity: Inspector General's OfficeThe numbers for people who identify themselves as American Indian or as an Alaska Native are especially weak, officials say.
June 14, 2022
How Older Consumers See the Medicare Plan Market NowDeft and eHealth have new numbers about what consumers are thinking.