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Does Medicare Underpay Physicians?
There is a shortage of physicians in the United States.
There is especially a shortage of primary care physicians willing to treat Medicare enrollees. People nearing...
Medicare and Social Security Are Responsible for 100 Percent of U.S. Unfunded Obligations –...
The Financial Report of the United States Government (also known as the Financial Report) raises significant concerns about the country’s long‐term financial health. Unsustainable deficits contribute to rising...
To Save Medicare, Build on What Works – Commentary
By Joe Albanese
(From the Washington Examiner) Politicians usually avoid proposing changes to Medicare in an election year, but the program’s rising costs and expected insolvency within the next five...
Medicare Advantage Plans Face Payment Cuts
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is changing the method it uses to calculate payments to Medicare Advantage (MA)...
‘Self-funding’ Traditional Medicare Add-Ons – A Fool’s Errand?
Medicare enrollees are wondering if perhaps there might be a third option to traditional fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
Shawn McGuyer, a retiree from Texas,...
Medicare Cuts Physician Reimbursements
Medicare has cut payments to doctors for 2024 by 1.25 percent due to a 3.34 percent reduction in the “conversion factor” used to calculate...
Site-Neutral Medicare Payments Could Save a Patient $1,500—Study
A breast cancer patient could save $1,500 per year in out-of-pocket costs if Medicare reimbursed hospitals and independent health care providers equally for the...
Slowdown in Medicare Spending—Real or Imagined?
For reasons not entirely clear, Medicare spending since 2011 has fallen below Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.
The New York Times (NYT) ran articles on...
Medicare Drugs on the Chopping Block – Commentary
By Grace-Marie Turner and Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
The Biden administration announced the first 10 prescription drugs it will target in its newly authorized drug price...
Medicare Cuts Loom–Time to Modernize – Commentary
President Biden and former President Trump have made the same promise to voters: they won’t touch Social Security or Medicare.
That’s not merely disappointing. It’s...
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