This article explains the main differences between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage in 2026 to help retirees choose ...

Some beneficiaries saved an average of over $1,600 per year in out-of-pocket costs.

Listen and subscribe to Decoding Retirement on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. As Medicare's open enrollment period begins, millions of Americans face the ...

Bruine de Bruin is director of the Behavioral Sciences and Policy Initiative at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service. Blum is a nonresident senior scholar at the USC ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing to pay Medicare Advantage (MA) plans more -- $76 billion more in 2026 -- than if those same patients were enrolled in traditional ...

Your Medicare Annual Notice of Change could mean major updates to your coverage. Stay informed and make necessary adjustments before open enrollment.

A new report shows decelerating growth for Medicare Advantage plans. The annual 2025 Medicare Advantage competitive enrollment report by healthcare advisory firm Chartis and consulting firm ...

Older adults with Medicare Advantage plans, particularly those also eligible for Medicaid, are less likely to access skilled nursing.

Patients on traditional Medicare plans were less likely to have access to certain stroke-preventing care versus those on Medicare Advantage but were also more likely to receive intensive post-stroke ...

Most Sacramento Medicare enrollees are on track to miss serious new savings in 2026, even as federal rule changes cut drug prices, cap annual pharmacy bills and let people spread big costs across the ...