By Alex Moore Although Medicare Advantage (MA) plans usually offer vision, hearing, and dental benefits not covered by traditional Medicare, MA beneficiaries generally don’t receive additional care in those areas, whi ...
Daily Archives: April 8, 2025
The Treasury Department Just Clawed Back $31 Million in Federal Payments to Dead People
By Alex Moore This January, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has recovered $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people in a five-month pilot project. The Treasury Department under ...
American vs. U.K. Healthcare: The Good and the Bad
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent I lived in England for 10 years, worked, got a driver's license, joined a book club, and needed medical care. There, virtually all costs that we’d associate with health insur ...
Legislative Update: Medicare Begins Price Negotiations for Weight-Loss Drugs
By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison, TSCL In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the next 15 drugs whose prices it will negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies, using power ...
Should You Be Worried About DOGE and Social Security?
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL The new Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, has spent a lot of time in the headlines over the last few months. Headed by Elon Musk, the agency was established by th ...
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