Jan 15, 2020 | News Coverage
The share of people age 65 to 74 in the workforce is projected to reach 30.2% in 2026, up from 26.8% in 2016 and 17.5% in 1996. If you work at a company with more than 20 employees, you generally have the choice of sticking with your group health insurance or...
Jan 2, 2020 | News, News Coverage, Resources
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., was in the middle of describing drug price gouging as a scheme to enrich a few industry executives at the expense of everyday patients when he stopped to reprimand a witness. “It’s not funny, Mr. Shkreli,” said Cummings,...
Dec 13, 2019 | News, News Coverage, Resources
Beneficiaries could be stuck in plans that cost too much and don’t meet their medical needs — with no way out until 2021. Read more
Nov 27, 2019 | News Coverage
The Trump administration redesigned the online Medicare Cost Finder for seniors to compare complex health insurance options. But consumer advocates have identified instances when the tool has malfunctioned and given inaccurate plan and price data. Read more
Nov 22, 2019 | News Coverage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare’s revamped prescription plan finder can steer unwitting seniors to coverage that costs much more than they need to pay, according to people who help with sign-ups as well as program experts. Serving some 60 million Medicare recipients, the...
Oct 28, 2019 | News Coverage
Total Number of Plans. In total, 3,148 Medicare Advantage plans will be available nationwide for individual enrollment in 2020 – a 15 percent increase (414 more plans) from 2019 and the largest number of plans ever available (Figure 1; Appendix Table 1). These numbers...
