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High Cost of Oral Chemotherapy for Medicare Beneficiaries
In the fight against cancer, some patients may be faced with a very important decision about the method through which to receive their chemotherapy treatment: intravenous or oral? Cancer pills have...
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Take our Medicare quiz: Is the big “65” too close for comfort or a welcome...
The idea of retiring at the age of 65 is becoming more of a dream and less of a reality for millions of Americans. Baby boomers in particular are feeling pressure to work past age 65, since most have...
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Medicare Quality Ratings Questioned
When selecting a private Medicare health plan, do you take Medicare quality ratings into consideration? As a result of the health reform law of 2010, Medicare quality ratings were introduced to award...
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Changes to Medicare Upheld by the Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made a number of changes to the Medicare program that were upheld by the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the law. Major consumer-focused provisions of the...
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Medicare Changes May Hurt Hospitals for Poor
Medicare quality ratings and bonus payments, as a result of the 2010 health reform, are once again in the spotlight. In March, we wrote about how a study found that publishing Medicare quality ratings...
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Steady Hospital Readmission Rates Prove Costly for Medicare
Could hospital readmissions be costing you money? Hospital readmissions have long been viewed as a sign of issues within the health care system by government officials and health care policy experts....
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Do people like Medicare Advantage (Update)?
Medicare Advantage Map: Avalere Health My original post on this topic is located here. I’m quickly writing this update to make readers aware of a report published by Avalere Health back in March of...
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Caregiver Health: Why You Shouldn’t Neglect Yourself
By Julie Davis Chief Content Officer of www.Parentgiving.com If you’re a senior who cares for a spouse with dementia, you may be at an increased risk of developing cognitive problems yourself, not only...
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Medicare in 2013 – Ryan-Wyden versus “Obamacare”
The 2012 Election and the Future of Medicare By now many Americans are aware that cuts to Medicare of about $700 billion are a part of both the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and the proposal put...
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Baby Boomers and Medicare Myths
We hear about baby boomers (the generation born between 1946 and 1964) a lot these days. Mostly because it’s an election year… and because they all started turning 65 in 2011, which means thousands...
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How much does Medicare Advantage cost?
We know you’d rather be playing golf, but… Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) – aka Annual Election Period or Open Enrollment Period – started Monday. So, on Monday we published an analysis of...
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What does $21 a month mean to you? – The Social Security COLA
What could you do with an extra $21 a month? $21 a month, $252 a year may not sound like a lot of money. But, if you’re annual income is $15,132, every little bit counts. Earlier this month the social...
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Survey: The emotional impact of being a caregiver
Every day at eHealthInsurance we get phone calls from people who are taking care of their elderly parents. Especially right now, in the middle of Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period. If that’s you,...
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Survey: The financial impact of being a caregiver
I’ve written recently about the calls and emails we get every day at eHealthInsurance from adults who are caring for an elderly parent or loved-one. During Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period the...
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Survey: Caregivers and Medicare
Right now, in the middle of Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period, we’re getting a lot of phone calls from caregivers who are trying to help their parents or loved-ones enroll in or change their Medicare...
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Do people like their Medicare Advantage plans?
I hear this question often from caregivers and seniors new to Medicare. The truth is that some people love their Medicare Advantage plan and some don’t. In some cases the thing one person loves is the...
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Alternatives to Viagra covered by Medicare for people with Erectile...
We’ve written before on this blog about Medicare’s coverage of Viagra (or lack thereof); when the drug will go generic (April 2020); and whether or not generic Viagra would be covered under Medicare...
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How does Medicare work?
This article has basic, generalized information about Medicare. We don’t cover all the details and specifics of the program. Medicare is a government-sponsored health insurance program that helps you...
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Saving money on Medicare prescription drug costs
Today, eHealth published our annual Choice & Impact study. Medicare Drug Coverage In it, we look at over 22,000 instances when people used the drug plan comparison tools we have on...
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