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.
Former Officials Plead With Senate to Fill Social Security, Medicare Board Vacancies
By Bernice NapachThe two positions have been vacant since 2015.
February 04, 2020
What Medicare for All Should Mean to UsThe author makes the case for another type of Medicare for All.
February 03, 2020
Medicare to Cover Breast Cancer Gene Sequencing: Coverage UpdatesCapital Rx, a private pharmacy benefit manager, has made a fertility treatment deal with Schraft's 2.0.
January 30, 2020
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Is Booming: AnthemThe company says flu has been bad but is not giving details.
January 28, 2020
Medicare Advantage Gains Enrollee ShareThe program did especially well east of the Rockies.
January 27, 2020
Medicare Advantage Sales Were Great for Us: EHealthOrdinary individual major medical sales were also up.
January 23, 2020
Social Security, Medicare 'Easiest' to Cut, Trump SaysDuring an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum, Trump indicated that entitlement cuts may come later this year.
January 16, 2020
UnitedHealth Execs Happy With 2020 Medicare Advantage NumbersThe company's executives also talked about the flu.