For Recipients of Medicare, the Hard Sell
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Federal officials are trying to cut down on aggressive or deceptive sales pitches for Medicare Advantage plans.
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For senior citizens enrolled in Medicare, nearly half the increase will be consumed by rising health insurance premiums, making this "good and bad news," said chief executive of the largest advocacy group for retirees.
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After struggling for months to get Medicare beneficiaries to sign up for drug discount cards, the Bush administration said Wednesday that it would simply send the cards
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The health insurance salesman who came to Gloria Young's house made a strong pitch. His company's private Medicare plan could meet her needs just as well and much more cheaply.
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When it comes to finding the best deal on prescriptions under the Medicare health insurance program, 68-year-old Carol Paremske of Miami says she knows all the tricks.
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Insurance companies participating in Medicare have been allowed to keep tens of millions of dollars that should have gone to consumers, Congressional investigators said.
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HE new, sharply higher charges announced for Medicare beneficiaries last week may prompt more elderly people to join Medicare health maintenance organizations operated by private industry
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The president's Social Security plan seems to be a tougher sell since he was enthusiastically greeted there last week.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers poking holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of &#36;58.1 billion over 10 years.
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Callers to the U.S. government&#39;s  hotline for the Medicare health program for senior citizens are  increasingly frustrated by the service, according to a poll  released on Thursday.
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Medicare will be mailing out 1.8 million drug discount cards to low-income Americans who are eligible but have not yet applied. The cards will allow low-income earners to qualify for an additional $1,200 in
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Most people will have to pay 5.6 percent more for basic Medicare coverage next year, but more affluent beneficiaries can expect increases as high as 83.2 percent as the federal government for the first time requires wealthier seniors to pay higher premiums, Medicare officials announced today.
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Limiting the fees that Medicare pays  to doctors has apparently not scared them off taking Medicare  patients, and most people trying to find medical care under the  program have been able to, according to a government report  released on Friday.
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Some Medicare beneficiaries had received erroneous refunds of premiums paid for prescription drug coverage.
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One year after President Bush signed the new Medicare law, government officials and consumer advocates continue to be frustrated in their efforts to enroll low-income beneficiaries in the prescription drug discount card program.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A national campaign has been launched to reach about 3.25 million modest-income older Americans who are eligible for Medicare Extra Help with prescription drugs but have not yet signed up for the program.
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WASHINGTON -- Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost seniors and the disabled about $40 a month more.