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Health

It’s Medicare enrollment season. This year there are lots of changes

The period in which you can switch your Medicare Part D Plan or Medicare Advantage plan ends Dec. 7. Experts say it’s vital to look hard at options.

Vice President Harris talks to hosts of ABC's The View during a commercial break on Oct. 8.

Politics

Harris proposes Medicare cover home care costs to help the 'sandwich generation'

Deepa Shivaram

Harris is using ABC’s "The View" – a popular daytime television talk show — to unveil a new pledge squarely aimed at women who take care of aging parents as well as their own kids.

Health

Medicare's push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors

Phil Galewitz

Most Medicare enrollees have two or more chronic conditions, making them eligible for a program that rewards physicians for doing more to manage their care. But not many doctors have joined.

Health

Her air-ambulance ride wasn't covered by Medicare. It will cost her family $81,739

Tony Leys

A frugal Tennessee resident opted out of Medicare Part B, which carries $175 monthly premiums. Now her heirs face a huge bill for an air-ambulance ride.

Health

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here's how

Juana Summers

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

President Biden hugs Steven Hadfield, a Medicare recipient who takes expensive drugs, at an event on prescription drug costs at the White House on Aug. 29.

Health

Here are the first 10 drugs that Medicare will target for price cuts

Selena Simmons-Duffin

The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won't take effect until 2026. In the meantime, drugmakers are fighting the negotiations with lawsuits.

Injectable weight-loss drugs are becoming a multi-billion dollar market, but they are not covered by Medicare. The drugmakers are trying to change that.

Health

Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare's favor

Rachana Pradhan

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease — worth treating at a cost of $1,000 or more a month.

Last week in Florida, at the University of Tampa, President Joe Biden promised to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, as well as lower health care costs.

Health

How seniors could lose in the Medicare political wars

Julie Rovner

Politicians are again pointing fingers over cutting Medicare. Any party accused of threatening the program tends to lose elections, but without a bipartisan agreement, seniors stand to lose the most.

Health

U.S. health secretary visits Charlotte to highlight lower Medicare costs and insulin cap

Nick de la Canal

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra made a trip to Charlotte on Friday to meet with local officials and highlight the Biden administration's efforts to reduce health care costs for people on Medicare.

Alzheimer's Association Sponsored Event with the Hill 4-19-22

Health

Alzheimer’s Association says accelerated drug approvals necessary in search for treatment

Dana Miller Ervin

Medicare's decision to limit coverage for a controversial new Alzheimer's drug has prompted an outcry among Alzheimer's advocates. The drug is Aduhelm, and despite widespread enthusiasm for it among Alzheimer's patients and advocates, it hasn't been proven to slow the disease. The drug was given accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration because it reduces the plaque that develops in the brains of most Alzheimer’s patients.