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Mark Cuban says AI risks making US healthcare worse by fueling an arms race with insurers
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (444+ words) If you thought AI would fix the US healthcare system, Mark Cuban says think again. He said that while AI agents can help doctors, the same technology can also be used by insurers and other healthcare intermediaries to make care…...
Private Medicare Plans Often Deny Access to Special Care, Analysis Shows
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (576+ words) People enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans have been inappropriately denied admission to a skilled nursing home when leaving the hospital, according to a new analysis by federal investigators. These private plans, which cover about 35 million older Americans under the…...
After Deaths, Lawsuits Against A.I. Companies Test a New Strategy
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1038+ words) Sam Nelson began using ChatGPT when he was a high school senior to answer random questions and help with his homework. During his freshman year at the University of California, Merced, in 2023, he also started querying the chatbot about how…...
Auto-enrollment in Medicare Advantage isn’t a nudge. It’s a trap
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (739+ words) The Trump administration is reportedly weighing a policy that would make private Medicare Advantage (MA) the default enrollment option for every new Medicare beneficiary. Officials are billing it as a technocratic nudge toward better, more coordinated care. If that were…...
Should I get Medicare supplemental insurance?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (573+ words) Dear Liz: I’m about to retire and have decided on original Medicare with a Medigap policy rather than Medicare Advantage. Can a Medigap company cancel your medical plan, and can they deny a medical procedure? Are there extra charges for…...
Insurance Companies Already Deploying AI Systems to Deny Claims Faster Than Ever Before
3+ mon, 1+ week 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
3+ mon, 1+ week 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
3+ mon, 2+ week 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+ mon, 3+ week 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…...
When Changing Your Address Leads to Losing Your Medicare Coverage
3+ mon, 4+ week 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…...