Medicare Advantage is leading the U.S. government to spend billions more on seniors’ medical care than it should and needs a significant makeover, a nonpartisan watchdog said in a report to lawmakers. The program collected $12 billion in “excess payments” in 2020 over what the U.S. would have paid to cover people who used the private plans under standard Medicare, according to a report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, released Tuesday.
State officials have asked Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois to prove that its central Illinois healthcare network remains adequate for meeting patients' needs, despite the loss of more than 600 Springfield Clinic doctors and other providers from its network.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decade-long legal fight over whether retired government workers were wronged when North Carolina stopped offering them a more generous level of premium-free health insurance remained unsettled after Friday's ruling by the state Supreme Court.
A quarter of Americans owe $10,000 or more in medical debt, even though half of them have health insurance that's supposed to minimize excessive healthcare costs, a new survey finds.
Amazon Pharmacy announced the launch of the prescription drug discount card to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance customers. This card is available in five states: New Jersey, Alabama, Nebraska, Kansas, and Florida.
