6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (530+ words) Medigap insurers use lookback periods of two to five years for cancer history, and one insurer denied a four-year cancer survivor for being one year short. After the six-month federal guaranteed-issue window closes at 65, insurers can reject Medigap applicants based…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (387+ words) Costco is partnering with SCAN Health Plan to improve Medicare services for seniors The partnership aims to simplify healthcare access and provide benefits like pharmacy services, eye care and over-the-counter medication benefits “We have developed a shared understanding of what…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (708+ words) There’s no avoiding it: The U.S. is rapidly aging. In 2025, a record-breaking number of Americans, 4.18 million to be exact, turned 65 years old, according to Milliman (1). For many people, this milestone means they’re either approaching their Social Security claim, preparing for…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (979+ words) For about two years, the federal government has kept a lid on Medicare drug premiums for millions of Americans. That arrangement is over. On July 28, 2026, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (1) announced an end to the Part D…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (494+ words) After years of uncertainty and financial challenges, Jackson Hospital leaders say they are confident the hospital's future is secure and plan to file to exit bankruptcy in the coming days. Quinlivan said the process has been "frustrating" for both the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (816+ words) Among other insurance plans, life insurance is the one you buy hoping it doesn’t have an untimely payout. Frank wanted it to pay out anyway — to him, and while he was still alive. And he found a buyer for his…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (627+ words) For families living with sickle cell disease in South Carolina, healthcare is not an abstract political debate. It is a matter of survival. As the executive director of the L.D. Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, I see firsthand the daily toll…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (321+ words) Many Americans think unaffordable health insurance premium costs are currently the U.S. healthcare system's biggest problem, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey released Thursday. Among U.S. adults age 19 and up who selected each of the affordability concerns as the issue of utmost…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (800+ words) Thousands of seniors are receiving notification that their Medicare Advantage plan won’t be available next year, and there’s nothing they can do about it except find another option. One in 10 Medicare Advantage policyholders face forced disenrollment this year, according to…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago   (857+ words) Bombshell, or bust? That's the question hanging over a recent preliminary report from the Government Accountability Office about Affordable Care Act subsidy fraud. In addition, the report found that a total of 29,000 SSNs received "more than one year's worth of…...