Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works
As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs....
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Many Hospitals Charge Double or Even Triple What Medicare Would Pay
A study of 25 states provides a rare glimpse of the stark disparities between what private insurers and the federal gove...
Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’
Private insurance pays hospitals much more than the federal government does for patient care. If Medicare for all means...
Medicare Aims to Expand Coverage of Cancer Care. But Is It Enough?
Doctors and patients are pushing the Trump administration to pay for a powerful but costly cancer treatment known as CAR...
Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History.’
Unlike Obamacare, emerging plans would sweep away the private health insurance system. What would that mean for the comp...
Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History’
Unlike Obamacare, emerging plans would sweep away the private health insurance system. What would that mean for the comp...
Got Medicare Advantage? Prepare for New Perks — and New Questions.
Medicare Advantage plans will be allowed to cover adult day care, home modifications and other new benefits. But they ma...
