I get a lot of questions about Medicare and Social Security. Here are answers that I hope you find useful. Will Medicare Pay for Home Modifications? I…
The Medicare hospice benefit is soaring in use. I was going to say it has become increasingly popular. But of course demand for hospice is not a happy…
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Writing about the struggle to develop accurate directories of health care providers, it turns out, is akin to tugging a loose thread on a sweater that…
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A private space for us to converse and connect
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Just a quick note to explain that I am not going to be writing about the budget until a document emerges from either party that is serious and not a…
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A bipartisan group of four U.S. Senators yesterday proposed two pieces of legislation that would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to…
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As the nation moves closer to defaulting on its sovereign financial obligations, Congress will be under growing pressure to arrive at some accommodation…
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Medicare insurance brokers assist roughly a third of all enrollees in buying private Medicare insurance plans. These consist of Medicare Advantage, Part…
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February 2023

Allowing more immigrants into the U.S. would lead to better staffing at nursing homes, a new study found. Doing so would improve the quality of care and…
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If you follow the news, I needn’t elaborate much on today’s headline. If you don’t follow the news, read Mark Miller’s scene-setter on Social Security…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that prices for some drugs provided on an outpatient basis to Medicare enrollees…
The proliferation of low-priced generic drugs has created a scenario where it can make sense for some people on Medicare to bypass their Part D drug…
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