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Insurance Companies Already Deploying AI Systems to Deny Claims Faster Than Ever Before
1+ week, 6+ day ago (425+ words) No one who's dealt with one would ever accuse an insurance claims adjuster of being too generous, but now they might wish they had. That's right: in 2026, a major trend emerging in personal lines insurance " the health, home, and auto…...
Where Medicare Advantage is falling short
2+ week, 1+ day ago (760+ words) As a geriatrician with decades of experience caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions, I was troubled by the March 28 online Health article "Why millions of seniors have suddenly lost health care coverage." In my practice, I regularly sit…...
Dumped by insurance plans, millions of seniors scramble for health coverage
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1520+ words) At 70, landscape artist Anthony J. Petchkis lives with a host of health problems. There was the heart attack that sent him on an ambulance ride from his home in the mountains of New Hampshire to Portland, Maine, for an arterial stent....
Medicare-for-all makes a comeback
3+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) Juliana Stratton, Illinois" Democratic nominee for U. S. Senate, favors Medicare-for-all. So does progressive heartthrob Graham Platner, who is running for Senate in Maine. Abdul El-Sayed, another Senate hopeful, touts the same policy in Michigan. Several Democratic candidates for governor of California…...
When Changing Your Address Leads to Losing Your Medicare Coverage
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1057+ words) In the spring of 2024, Deborah Antoine's mother was not well. To help manage her mother's care, Ms. Antoine set up a grueling routine of drives between St. Louis, where she lived, and Texas, where her mother was. She made the…...
Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in'but there's a secret Medicare "trap' that could stop the
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (915+ words) Aside from loads of extra free time and the freedom to pursue new hobbies, one of the most exciting moments of retirement can be when it's finally time to sell the family home and downsize. Not only does it mean…...
States to spend millions preparing for Medicare changes. Some people might lose coverage as a result
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (877+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. To receive Medicaid health coverage, some adults will soon have to show they are working, volunteering or taking classes. But to gather that proof, many states first will have to spend millions of dollars improving their computer…...
Chaos as Trump crackdown triggers massive nursing home crisis: "I'm expecting the worst'
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (375+ words) A staffing crisis looms for nursing homes as the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration eliminates work authorization for immigrant employees who care for vulnerable seniors. At a Miami facility, more than a third of one facility's workforce " mostly immigrants from…...
I'm a CEO who's spent nearly 40 years talking to presidents, lawmakers and leaders about our long-term care crisis. They kne
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (651+ words) The long-term care system in our country isn't on the verge of crisis'it's already in one. Slowly, but undeniably, it is failing the very people it was meant to support." I've spent nearly five decades working across financial services, health…...
What to Know About the Nearly 10% Climb in a Key Medicare Expense for 2026
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (540+ words) If you're enrolled in Medicare, you know that the cost has been hitting your wallet harder lately. The annual Part B deductible will also climb, to $283, up 70. 5 percent over the past 10 years. The Part B premium is just one component…...