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Medicare Part D
How the Inflation Reduction Act has improved Medicare prescription drug coverage
January 17, 2025 – This year, Medicare Part D enrollees should pay particularly close attention to changes in 2024 prescription drug coverage costs resulting… Read more
How will the Inflation Reduction Act affect Medicare enrollees?
August 23, 2022 – Under the new law, Medicare beneficiaries will see a series of prescription drug-pricing provisions phased in – mostly over the next… Read more
What we’ve learned from our reader Medicare Surveys
April 28, 2022 – Nearly two years of reader surveys reveal enrollee confusion about coverage options, frustration over unexpected… Read more
Medicare Heads Up: July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020 – In this edition: Republican Senate coronavirus legislation would eliminate most 2021 Part B premium increases; Senate legislation creating… Read more
Medicare Heads Up: March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020 – In this week's edition: New law waives Medicare cost sharing for coronavirus testing, related visits; Some Part D plans are lagging behind… Read more
Medicare Heads Up: December 6, 2019
December 6, 2019 – Headlines in this week's Medicare Heads Up: open enrollment is ending this week, but you still have options; most beneficiaries didn't… Read more
Medicare Heads Up: October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019 – Welcome to the first installment of Medicare Heads Up – a regular feature intended to deliver state and national Medicare-related… Read more
Why ‘Medicare for all’ sounds so good to so many
September 19, 2019 – Why do three quarters of Americans feel that everyone should have access to Medicare, however they understand the program as it currently… Read more
Is Medicare on the brink of insolvency?
November 4, 2015 – Sen. Marco Rubio has warned that Medicare will bankrupt itself unless his tax and “entitlement” reform proposals are implemented. If… Read more
Paying through the nose for prescription drugs
August 8, 2015 – Americans pay far more for their prescription medications than citizens of any other country. In fact, we pay almost 40 percent more than… Read more
