Healthcare costs continue to rise — Americans planning to retire should prepare ahead of time. The average 65-year-old couple retiring in 2022 can expect to spend $315,000 in retirement on healthcare...
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Medicare Advantage Cost the US $12 Billion Extra in 2020: Watchdog
Medicare Advantage is costing the U.S. government billions more compared to standard Medicare, according to a new report from a nonpartisan watchdog group. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Me...
Chelsea Clinton Buys Large Block of Clover Health Stock
Text size Chelsea Clinton, a director at Clover Health, bought $252,530 of the embattled shares. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Clover Health Investments stock has tumbled this year. Director Chelse...
You’ll Never Need Long-Term Care, Right? Nope. How To Protect Yourself
Elderly people exercising in the fitness corner of a long-term care facility getty If you ever require long-term health care, will you be ready? When a disastrous malady requires that you be bed-ridde...
Will Inheritance Affect My Medicare Benefits?
Will Inheritance Affect My Medicare Benefits Medicare is a government program that’s designed to help make paying for health care easier for eligible Americans. You can apply for Medicare the year you...
Why Medicare Surcharges Can Shock Retirees
I would like to see you write, and warn your readers, about Medicare surcharges. I was insufficiently aware of the impacts. Perhaps you can cushion the shock for others. “Shock,” often, is the right w...
Medicare Seeks To Limit Coverage For Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm
Topline The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed limiting coverage for Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to patients participating in clinical trials Tuesday, after many medical experts claimed ...
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm Has Another Shot at Success
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Biogen ’s Alzheimer’s disease therapy, Aduhelm, has been a disappointment for the company since its Food and Drug Administration approval last spring, with early ...
Humana Sinks, Driving Down Insurers, After Cutting Medicare Outlook
(Bloomberg) — Humana Inc. shares plunged the most intraday in 13 years, dragging down rivals’ stocks, after the health insurer cut its forecast for Medicare membership growth by about half. Huma...
Humana stock tumbles to pace S&P 500 losers after slashing Medicare Advantage membership growth view
Shares of Humana Inc. HUM, -20.15% tumbled 13.0% toward a three-month low in afternoon trading Thursday, to pace the S&P 500’s SPX, +0.14% decliners, after the health insurance services comp...
Why Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is so controversial
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm in June was heralded as a historic triumph in the fight against a disease that kills thousands o...
‘She has no life insurance, savings or money’: My brother died, leaving his wife with $20,000 in debt. How can I help her?
Dear Quentin, My sister’s husband died last week. They had both lived with us for the previous nine years before moving into an independent living facility. They were there for two and a half months b...