Medicare can be complicated, but several great resources can help you get answers to your Medicare questions — whether you want to know more about costs, coverage, eligibility, enrollment or how to choose supplemental policies. 1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plays an important role in protecting the health and safety of all Americans as they journey through the health care system. This is especially true during a pandemic, natural disaster, or other emergencies....
COVID-19 has exacerbated the nation’s struggle with mental health and substance use disorders (collectively called “behavioral health conditions”), fueling a full-blown crisis. For some Americans during the pandemic, this has meant feeling depressed and hopeless,...
The key to qualifying for some paid services is whether your loved one is ‘homebound’ Medicare, the government’s medical insurance for people age 65 and older and younger people receiving Social Security disability benefits, isn’t designed to...
Extra benefits attracting enrollees, but experts say plans can deliver better on their promises As Medicare Advantage plans approach their 25th birthday — the law that created the current system allowing private health care providers to offer a one-stop-shop...
You may have extra time to sign up in 2022 If you have been unable to enroll in Medicare since the start of 2022 because of problems with the Social Security Administration’s phone system, you can ask for extra time to sign up — even if your initial enrollment,...
