1+ day, 25+ min ago  (1086+ words) Sen. Ron Wyden and 14 Democratic co-sponsors plan to introduce legislation Thursday to cap consumers" potential out-of-pocket costs in traditional Medicare, resurfacing a long-running debate over why the program doesn"t limit beneficiary spending. Even the bill"s backers say securing…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1040+ words) After decades of selling insurance, Illinois-based broker John Jaggi had never seen anything like it. More than 80 of his customers who were enrolled in the same Medicare supplemental plan from the insurer Chubb got hit last August with a 45% increase....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (377+ words) A former physician assistant has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired unjustly for'prescribing Ozempic, and demands more than $377, 000 in damages from the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest. In the suit, filed in Multnomah Circuit Court, Jonathan Tardiff…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (790+ words) The once-a-year" enrollment period for Medicare has arrived and, with it, letters from insurers informing seniors and disabled people across Oregon that their plans will not be offered in 2026. That has set off a statewide scramble as policyholders shop around…...