Expert analysis of issues that impact Medicare

Disability and long-term care: What’s next?
January 7, 2013 – Howard Gleckman, one of the nation’s leading experts on family caregiving and long-term care and author of Caring for our Parents, talks… Read more

ACA’s CLASS Act pushed over the fiscal cliff
January 2, 2013 – CLASS was designed to complement private long-term care insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and public disability programs. For Medicare… Read more

What seniors should expect from ACOs
January 10, 2012 – Each of these ACOs must show they meet over 30 quality measures, and those measures are what hold promise for participating seniors: an… Read more

Even the Tea Party loves Medicare
April 19, 2011 – Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and his House GOP brethern are throwing a party, and no one is coming – not even the usually reliable folks who… Read more

Wrong cure for Medicare home health care
January 14, 2011 – Dissuading beneficiaries from using the benefit seems to us like punishing the victim. A $150 copayment adds insult to injury for folks who… Read more

Data shows some physicians implementing their own medicare reimbursement ‘fix’
October 27, 2010 – When it comes to physicians and the way they're reimbursed by Medicare, there's plenty to debate – even among… Read more