medicare
What Medicare does not cover
A recent survey conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 23 percent of adults under 65 and 45 percent of those aged 65 and older believed that Medicare would cover the cost of time in a nursing home or…
103,000 Medicare Beneficiaries are getting new Medicare numbers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have notified 103,000 Medicare beneficiaries that their personal information was used to create accounts on Medicare.gov. On May 2, 2025, the Medicare call center began receiving calls from beneficiaries who had received…
Access to mental health under Medicare
Medicare does not cover all healthcare services for older adults; however, one area of healthcare that is particularly challenging to access under Medicare is mental healthcare. “According to a study in JAMA Health Forum, adults with psychological distress saw a…
CMS Launches New Model to Target Wasteful, Inappropriate Services in Original Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will partner with companies specializing in enhanced technologies to ensure people with original Medicare receive safe, effective, and necessary care. The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) will build upon other changes…
2025 Medicare Trustees report
The Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their latest report on June 18, 2025. The Medicare Trustees project that the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund will become insolvent in 2033; upon insolvency, spending will be cut by 11 percent,…
Medicare Part E (H.R. 3911)
Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-CA, and Don Beyer, D-VA, introduced the Choose Medicare Act (H.R. 3911). This bill would establish a Medicare Part E, which would allow people to opt into the program. According to the companion bill introduced in the…
Medicare changes in the “one big beautiful bill”
While it isn’t yet approved by the U.S. Senate, the much heralded “one big beautiful bill” (2025 H.R.1), in its current form, provides some significant improvements for the nation’s Medicare program. Specifically the bill: ** Relaxes current restrictions limiting Health…
About Medicare Fraud and Waste
No cuts to the national Medicare program are included in the “one, big, beautiful bill” now being deliberated by the U.S. Senate (the bill has already passed in the House). But, as reported yesterday (see this), if the Senate uncovers…
The Ongoing Saga of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill”
H.R. 1 – The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of the 119th Congress – passed in the House of Representatives last month and is now in the U.S. Senate for deliberation prior to sending to the Executive Branch for enactment.…
White House Statement about reducing Medicaid Fraud
In an effort to clarify (in the face of relentless media reports of potential healthcare cuts to needy Americans) the White House has released a statement about finding fraud, waste and abuse in the nation’s Medicaid program (not to be…