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What happens if the U.S. defaults? How the debt ceiling could impact your money.

Time is running out to reach a deal to avert a historic default on the nation's debt, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warning that the U.S. could run out of money to pay the bills by June 1. On Friday, negotiations broke down…

The War Over Whether Medicare Should Pay For The New Anti-Alzheimer’s Drugs

Doctor shows a patient an image of his brain from an MRI scan. getty The powerful Alzheimer’s Disease lobby is fighting a multi-billion-dollar battle on two fronts. It is quietly trying to limit restrictions the Food and Drug Administration…

What if I can’t afford Medicare?

At least 1.2 million Medicare beneficiaries pay premiums for Medicare Part B even though they likely qualify to get it for free through a Medicare Savings Program, according to a November 2021 letter from the Centers for Medicare &…

Time is running out to raise the U.S. debt ceiling — here’s how it could impact your money

UnitedHealthcare Will Soon Implement A Controversial Prior Authorization Policy For Surveillance And…

UnitedHealthcare implements controversial prior authorization policy for surveillance and diagnostic ... colonoscopies.getty On June 1st, UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer by membership, will implement a prior…

Stuck In Reverse: How Zigzagging Is Undermining U.S. Healthcare

U.S. hospitals, drug makers and doctors can't stop looking in the rearview mirror, leaving ... healthcare in a constatnt state of reverse.getty U.S. healthcare is in financial crisis, and patients are feeling it acutely. Nearly 90 million…

Don’t wait until it’s too late: Safeguard your Medicare number now

We all put our hard-earned money into our health insurance plans and trust that our information is always being kept private. However, scammers will do everything they can to try to get whatever they can on you, and recently, many of these…

Medicare, FDA urged to press ahead with new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi

Patients, lawmakers and Alzheimer’s advocates are pushing for Medicare to fully cover a new drug for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug…

Huge boost to Medicare drives budget’s cost-of-living measures

The healthcare plan will triple the incentives for GPs to offer bulk-billing to patients with Commonwealth concession cards and to children under the age of 16, ensuring face-to-face consultations and most telehealth services will be free…