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Medicare Part D
How the Inflation Reduction Act could affect your 2024 Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage
October 17, 2023 – 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
Proposed changes to Part D are long overdue
July 8, 2016 – MedPAC recently told Congress that Part D could work better for some consumers – and the panel has recommended big changes. Some of those… 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