As a senior in or approaching retirement, you may be looking at your medical care options. Original Medicare has been the traditional route seniors go through to get medical coverage. Did you know ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

The reduction in benefits is primarily driven by the need for insurers to enhance profitability amid rising costs and reduced government payments. The U.S. government has been cutting payments to ...

Medicare supplement plans, also known as Medigap, are administered by private health insurance companies to cover the out-of-pocket costs associated with Original Medicare, such as copayments, ...

If you spend winters in the south and summers up north, or simply love to explore new places, having the right Medicare plan ...

Lack of data reporting means there are unanswered questions around how supplemental benefits are utilized. Supplemental benefits are a significant differentiator between Medicare Advantage (MA) and ...

Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, is a managed care alternative to traditional Medicare coverage offered by health plans. In recent years, Medicare Advantage membership has grown ...

Learn how one of the 10 Medicare supplement plans can fill the gap by paying your out-of-pocket medical expenses.

CMS provided the new updates ahead of the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, scheduled from October 15, 2025, to ...

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 06/12/2025. As a quick note, I know I've talked about the Insider Program a lot. We have a couple of ...

Medicare beneficiaries face higher costs, reduced services, and possible cuts to the program at large—but there’s good news ...

If you’re living with a chronic condition, you may qualify for special benefits under some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans. Because Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans are run by private insurers, ...