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Retiring Before 65? How to Find Affordable Health Insurance Until Medicare Starts

Finding health insurance coverage before Medicare kicks in can be overwhelming. Here are the best options for solid, affordable coverage for early retirees. Read More

For seniors on Medicare Advantage, lower costs can mean gambling with health care

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, prior authorizations and claim denials complicate this increasingly popular ... Read More

Private Medicare, Medicaid plans exaggerate in-network mental health options, watchdogs say

Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans' members, a new federal watchdog report says. Read More

Costs for employer-based health insurance outpaces inflation

A new 50-state analysis shows that employee costs for health insurance offered through their job—the primary source of coverage for more than half of all people in the United States—rose sharply and ... Read More

What the shutdown means for Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs

Your Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage won’t vanish during the government shutdown, but changes to some benefits and fewer government workers to help could still disrupt care for ... Read More

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Republicans set board for health-insurance chess game

Here we are, three weeks from the end of the year when, absent action, the bottom will fall out on American health insurance. Read More

Marketplace health premiums set to rise as federal tax credits expire

Here’s what you need to know about how coverage is changing, and for whom. Read More

Examining impact of federal relief program after major health care cyberattack

New research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health provides the first detailed look at whether funding provided through a federal relief program effectively reached hospitals ... Read More

Why Federal Health Insurance Policy Matters to Cherokee Nation

Guest Opinion. The debate happening at the federal level over the future of health insurance policy demands the attention of each of us. Read More