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'Screwing over retirees': Seniors forced into for-profit Medicare Advantage plans
New York State's highest court on Wednesday ruled against city retirees who had sought to block an effort by Mayor Eric Adams ...
City & State New York1d
NY’s highest court sides with city over retirees in Medicare Advantage fight
The court found that retirees aren’t entitled to traditional Medicare. The Organization of Public Service Retirees urged the ...
Gothamist1d
NY’s highest court rules against city retirees who oppose Medicare Advantage plan
New York’s highest court has ruled against retired city workers who are trying to prevent Mayor Eric Adams’ administration ...
Top court rules NYC retirees can be moved into controversial Medicare Advantage plan
After years of legal battles, Mayor Adams’ administration got a green light from New York’s highest court Wednesday to shift ...
Crain's New York Business1d
State’s highest court blocks city retirees’ challenge to Medicare Advantage switch
The Adams administration notched a win in court today as it seeks to move city retirees onto private Medicare Advantage plans ...
I helped create Medicare Advantage. Here’s why I believe it needs reform.
Medicare Advantage has become a system dominated by a handful of massive insurers who are gaming the rules for profit and ...
Healthcare Dive1d
Humana’s cautious defense of Medicare Advantage
At the insurer's investor day, Humana struck a middle ground in defending the importance of the privatized Medicare program — ...
Health Affairs8d
Changing Broker Incentives In Medicare Advantage
Major changes to broker compensation policies may need to wait until the outcome of litigation over CMS’s 2024 proposal, but ...
STAT7d
Medicare Advantage’s supplemental benefits will cost taxpayers $86 billion this year, with little transparency
Taxpayers will send an estimated $86 billion to Medicare Advantage insurers this year to pay for supplemental benefits for ...
Skilled Nursing News6d
MedPAC Urges Reform of Medicare Advantage, Noting ‘Design Flaws’ in Nursing Home Payment Models
While Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made improvements following previous recommendations from the Medicare Advisory Commission ...
KFF Health News2d
Bills In House, Senate Would Create Medicare ‘Part E’ For ‘All Americans’
The legislation introduced Monday in both chambers would essentially allow Medicare to compete with private insurance, Fierce Healthcare reported. Part E would sustain itself through premiums, and ...