Near low-income Medicare beneficiaries experience significant affordability challenges, facing higher financial burdens and medical debt compared to other income groups. Despite similar health status ...

Medicare beneficiaries with near low income face significant health care affordability challenges, despite moderate out-of-pocket spending. Current financial assistance programs inadequately protect ...

Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy Program could be eligible this year to pay no more than $2.50 for generic drugs and $6.30 for brand name drugs, according to a ...

Loss of a Medicare drug benefit could spell death for thousands of Americans People are 4% more likely to die if they lose their Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy The risk is even higher among people ...

When Medicare beneficiaries are admitted to the hospital, their care is normally covered by Part A benefits with a fixed deductible. However, when the hospital stay is "for observation," Part B ...

Medicare fails to cover many healthcare expenses for low-income seniors, who constitute a large percentage of the pool of Medicare recipients, according to a Washington Post report. According to the ...

While it may seem intuitive that people would die without life-saving medications, Penn and Harvard researchers have connected losing a federally funded prescription drug assistance program and an ...

Funding cuts and regulatory changes could radically reduce Medicaid, the largest program providing medical and health-related ...

Financial planners share the Medicare choices clients regret most, and why the real costs often don’t appear until years ...

Retiring at 60 with $1.5 million sounds comfortable until you realize Medicare doesn’t begin until 65. That five-year gap ...