Tag Archives: Medicare

Lowering the Medicare eligibility age is popular. About 85% of Democrats and 69% of Republicans favor allowing those as young as 50 to buy into Medicare. Although opposition from the hospital industry is expected to be fierce, that is not the only obstacle to Biden’s plan.

Without a Democratic majority in the Senate, Biden will likely face strong Republican opposition to many of his top health agenda items — including lowering the eligibility age for Medicare to 60, expanding financial assistance for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and creating a “public option” government health plan.

Revisions to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program (AAP) will help keep physician practice doors open during the pandemic and continue to offer patients access at this time.

Federal officials allowed telemedicine providers to waive patient deductibles and copayments during the crisis. Under normal conditions, these actions can be construed as a kickback because they discourage patients from complaining.

If Friday night’s district court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional were to be upheld, far more than the law’s most high-profile provisions ...

The future of the Affordable Care Act is threatened — again — this time by a ruling Friday from a federal district court judge in ...

Medicare paid at least $1.5 billion over a decade to replace seven types of defective heart devices, a government watchdog says. The devices apparently failed ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) responded today to policies outlined last week in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) physician fee schedule proposed ...

By Julie Rovner Much has been written lately about how individuals’ health could suffer if they lose insurance under the health proposals circulating in the ...

By Nancy LeaMond This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy behind closed doors without a single hearing or open debate—and it shows. The Senate ...