Tag: Insurance: Medicare

For low-income adults, Medicare eligibility linked to reduction in percentage delaying or avoiding medical care due to cost

Convergence in the costs of intravenous dialysis drugs seen between peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis

Under the law, Medicare will now be allowed to negotiate the cost of some drugs; vaccines will be free for Part D recipients

Risk for adverse health outcomes higher for patients with Medicare Part D plans limiting access to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants

Authors say Medicare could have saved up to $3.6 billion by purchasing generics at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company prices

Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible because of disability have higher COVID-19 incidence, hospitalization rates than age-eligible

About 28 million older Americans have Medicare Advantage plans

Now the 59 million Americans covered by Medicare Part B can get up to eight free, at-home tests each month

At-home tests will be available at pharmacies and other locations for clients with Medicare 'Part B' outpatient benefit

Announcement comes shortly after Aduhelm maker Biogen cut the price of the drug by about half, from $56,000 to $28,000 a year