Thousands of older adults who rely on Medicare gap coverage are about to be caught in a squeeze, as a major insurer's ...

For all its importance to older Americans, Medicare still leaves a gaping hole in coverage that can upend even careful retirement plans. The single biggest blind spot is long-term care, the ongoing ...

Imagine dying of thirst with a glass of water just out of reach. The analogy is extreme, but that is how helpless some patients feel when they can’t access therapies approved to treat their deadly ...

Medicare Part D provides prescription drug coverage for beneficiaries to support their pharmacological treatment; however, the complex deductible structure within benefit plans creates a major ...

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Providing generic drug coverage instead of no drug coverage during the Medicare Part D coverage gap saves money and improves health outcomes in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a new ...

Accessing mental health services can be challenging for people on Medicare, the federal health insurance program available to most people over 65. At the beginning of this year, the program expanded ...

You probably plan to rely upon Medicare for health insurance in retirement, but you can't actually sign up for the program until you're 65. If you retire before then, you'll need to find another way ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some elderly and disabled Americans participating in Medicare's prescription drug benefit will have fewer options next year to avoid a coverage gap and thousands of dollars in ...

Medicare beneficiaries will have to pay substantially more next year for coverage of brand-name prescription drugs that keeps them from falling into the "doughnut hole," according to a new report that ...

More than 2,000 people with Medicare Supplement policies from Minneapolis-based health insurer UCare could lose coverage next month after the company announced it would terminate Medigap policies for ...