Medicare and Medicare Advantage members will soon be able to get eight over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests per month directly from eligible pharmacies, according to an announcement Thursday by the Centers…
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What Is Medigap Plan A? What You Need to Know
Medigap Plan A is a Medicare Supplement Insurance plan that covers some of the out-of-pocket expenses associated with Medicare Part A and Part B coverage. Medigap Plan A includes all…
What Is the Metaverse? 5 Things Small Businesses Need to Know
The metaverse exploded into the public consciousness in October 2021 as Facebook, Inc. changed its name to “Meta” and announced multibillion-dollar investments in metaverse technologies. Despite the fanfare, Meta says…
What the No Surprises Act Means for Your Medical Bills
More Americans worry about unexpected medical bills than any other expense, according to polls by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2018 and 2020. Unfortunately, those bills aren’t rare: 18% of…
What Is Medigap Plan K? What You Need to Know
Medigap Plan K is a Medicare Supplement Insurance plan that covers some out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare Part A and Part B beneficiaries. Plan K differs from most other Medigap plan…
What Is Medigap Plan D? What You Need to Know
Medigap Plan D is one of 10 Medicare Supplement Insurance plans that cover some out-of-pocket expenses for individuals enrolled in Medicare Part A and Part B, also known as Original…
Medicare’s Telehealth Experiment Could Be Here to Stay
Medicare beneficiaries used 63 times more telehealth services in 2020 than in 2019 after the federal government loosened Medicare’s strict telehealth rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a…
What ‘Medicare for All’ Could Mean for Your Health Care
“Joe Biden did not run on Medicare for All, but in a lot of ways, the question is, ‘What lays the groundwork for the establishment of a national health insurance…