How Medicare Premium Increases Could Eat Into Your 2026 Social Security COLA

In 2026, with temporary Affordable Care Act subsidy expansions expired and costs rising, Medicare premium increases could take a bigger bite out of your COLA.

April Social Security checks are coming, but you should check this before you get paid

Prepare for your April Social Security payment: Understand the schedule based on your birth date, COLA adjustments, and how ...

What Are Medicare Savings Programs?

During the Great Recession, artist Jeannie Friedman was hit hard. "I was always very self-sufficient financially," she says. "I lost my savings and my house and moved from upstate New York ...
NationofChange

Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the chopping block

The amendment, led by Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, fell short on a 211-207 vote, below the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional amendments. Every Republican who took part in the vote ...

MAHA ELEVATE and CMS Reimbursement for Physical Activity Assessment Create Immediate Opportunity to Transform Care

WASHINGTON, DC, DC, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Physical Activity Alliance (PAA) is urging ...
MiBolsilloColombia on MSN

Medicare drug costs: The new $2,100 cap explained

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adjust regulations for the upcoming fiscal cycle, beneficiaries face a ...

When Changing Your Address Leads to Losing Your Medicare Coverage

As for Essence, the Medicare Advantage provider — which could have sent up its own flares beyond a paper mail notice when it ...
WLKY

'Cutting Copays Act' to eliminate co-pays for Medicare Part D recipients in Kentucky

Congressman Morgan McGarvey introduced the Cutting Copays Act, which will eliminate co-pays for generic prescription drugs for Medicare Part D recipients, benefiting nearly 300,000 Kentuckians.
MedPage Today

MedPAC Members Express Concern Over Medicare Docs' Ability to Absorb Cost Increases

Fee-for-service payments in 2027 for physicians who treat Medicare patients should be increased by 1.25% for those ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Reading the Tea Leaves for Accountable Care’s Future in Medicare

CMS is pursuing empiric fee-schedule accuracy in original Medicare (eg, validating procedure time assumptions) while rapidly expanding MSSP and CMMI pathways to move beyond unmanaged fee-for-service.
Rutland Herald

Why are some rural Medicare patients paying more than patients at bigger hospitals?

In November, a public comment sent a Green Mountain Care Board analyst on a curious quest: Why were some Medicare recipients paying more out of pocket for outpatient services at ...

Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in—but there’s a secret Medicare ‘trap’ that could stop them in their tracks

Selling your home near retirement age can trigger a Medicare premium surcharge that costs thousands a year—and most retirees don't find out until the bill arrives.