Medicare enters 2026 with some of the strongest preventive benefits ever offered, giving older adults powerful tools to stay ...

Big changes are coming to Medicare in 2025, and they could make a major difference in your prescription drug costs. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare beneficiaries will see the most ...

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A benefit period begins when a person is admitted for an inpatient stay and ends when they have not received any inpatient care for 60 days. An individual’s costs depend on how long they are in the ...

Medicare and marijuana are not two words one normally hears in the same sentence. But that's changing now that President ...

Most federal employees and annuitants know that they are eligible for Medicare benefits at age 65. However, what isn’t fully understood is how and when to enroll in one or more parts of Medicare. Here ...

The two core elements of Medicare, Part A and Part B, work together to provide health coverage after you turn 65. Neither, ...

The Medicare Part B Give Back Benefit is a rebate that some Medicare Advantage plans may offer. It involves the plan carrier paying some or all of the Medicare Part B monthly premium. Medicare ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

If you have more than one health insurance plan, including Medicare, the coordination of benefits rules define which insurer pays first. The recovery process allows Medicare to challenge how a claim ...