by KFF | Aug 21, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid
Medicare and Social Security play a central role in the lives of tens of millions of older adults and people with disabilities in the U.S., in the form of health insurance from Medicare and retirement or disability income from Social Security. Yet, even with Medicare...
by Agent & Advisor | Aug 20, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage
Despite CMS mandates for Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers to update their directories every 90 days, a staggering 33% of provider listings contain inaccurate phone numbers, and 52% list incorrect provider locations. Seniors calling doctors listed as “in-network” often...
by InsuranceNewsNet | Jul 1, 2025 | AEP, Industry News, Medicaid
Medicare beneficiaries’ priorities have clearly shifted. Factors beyond cost are significantly influencing consumer decision-making, presenting new challenges and opportunities for carriers and advisors. Consumer confusion drives plan switching, while consumers place...
by KFF | Feb 18, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid
Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health and long-term care to 83 million low-income people in the United States. Medicaid accounts for one-fifth of health care spending, more than half of spending for long-term care, and a large...
by Healthcare Innovation | Feb 15, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid, Medicare
In December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was terminating the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of 2025 due to the model’s “substantial and unmitigable costs to the Medicare Trust Funds.”...
by KFF | Jan 17, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid
About eight in 10 Americans overall view Medicare (82%) and Medicaid (77%) favorably. This includes majorities across partisans, including most Republicans (75% view Medicare favorably and 63% view Medicaid favorably). About half (46%) of the public say the federal...
