Mar 16 Get ready for big changes in Medicare drug pricing By Philip Moeller Medicare announced a test program last week to help combat this rising drug prices. Continue reading
Mar 09 Don’t overlook Medicare’s low-income support programs By Philip Moeller Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your Medicare questions. Continue reading
Mar 02 Are you overpaying for retiree health insurance? By Philip Moeller Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your health care questions. Continue reading
Feb 26 Candidates’ prescription drug price plans may miss the mark By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Most of the people running for president say they want to do something about the rising cost of prescription drugs. But most of their proposals probably won’t work because they don’t address the dynamics behind these price increases. Continue reading
Feb 24 Your Medicare tax dollars at work By Philip Moeller Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your Medicare questions. Continue reading
Feb 17 Why won’t Medicare cover dental, hearing or vision expenses? By Philip Moeller The failure of Medicare to cover most dental, hearing and vision expenses is perhaps its greatest failing. Continue reading
Feb 10 Lower drug prices: Does any candidate have an Rx? By Philip Moeller The absence of drug-pricing proposals from the GOP contenders illustrates how hard it would be for Sanders or Clinton to get Congressional approval should they win office. Continue reading
Feb 09 Obama sends Congress record $4.1 trillion 2017 spending plan By Andrew Taylor and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is unveiling his eighth and final budget, a $4 trillion-plus proposal that's freighted with liberal policy initiatives and new and familiar tax hikes — all sent to a dismissive Republican-controlled Congress that simply wants to… Continue reading
Feb 05 Fact-checking the 5th Democratic debate By Calvin Woodward and Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton cast the financial industry as an adversary in her presidential campaign — despite the money that industry has poured into her White House effort. Bernie Sanders once again mischaracterized the share of the wealth taken by… Continue reading
Feb 03 If I’m covered by the Affordable Care Act, do I have to switch to Medicare? By Philip Moeller Medicare expert Philip Moeller answers your Medicare questions. Continue reading