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HHS Secretary Azar: Trump's drug prices proposal is better than campaign pledge

President Trump laid out his long-awaited plan for tackling drug prices on Friday. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar joins Judy Woodruff to fill in the details about the plan, including how it will affect prices under Medicare, why…

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I work and collect Social Security. Can I boost my benefits?

Social Security bases your benefits on your highest 35 years of wage earnings. The effect of any single year’s higher earnings will be modest.

Why your observation stay at the hospital could end with a big bill

By Philip Moeller

If you never received notification, you might have grounds to argue that the hospital messed up.

Medicare to require hospitals to post prices online

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Medicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients, officials said Tuesday.

I had surgery out of state. Why is Medicare refusing to pay?

By Philip Moeller

If you have basic Medicare, you should be able to see any doctor in the country who accepts Medicare's payment schedule. The story may be different if you have a private Medicare Advantage plan.

Congress' latest spending bill could bring major changes to Medicare Advantage. Here's what you need to know

By Philip Moeller

The upcoming changes to MA plans have the potential to trigger an even larger shift away from original Medicare.

2 things you should know about Medicare this month

By Philip Moeller

Medicare is beginning in April to expand diabetes education and prevention efforts and will pay all expenses of people who qualify for the program. Plus, your Medicare card is about to change.

Places with legal marijuana issue fewer opioid prescriptions, large studies find

By Kate Sheridan, STAT

An analysis of more than five years of Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription data found that after states legalized weed, the number of opioid prescriptions and the daily dose of opioids went way down.

If I have a tight budget and good health, what kind of Medicare should I get?

By Philip Moeller

Medicare Advantage plans are less expensive than a package of original Medicare with a Medigap supplement plan, and often cover additional things that basic Medicare does not cover.