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La catarata de información sobre la inscripción a Medicare no explica bien...
By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News La temporada anual de inscripción abierta de Medicare ya está en marcha, y millones de beneficiarios, impulsados por una masiva campaña publicitaria, y con la...
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Medicare enrollment blitz doesn’t include options to move Into Medigap
By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News Medicare’s annual open-enrollment season is here and millions of beneficiaries — prompted by a massive advertising campaign and aided by a detailed federal website...
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Billions in federal funds may make rural hospitals look more stable than they...
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Between the start of the pandemic and February 2021, rural hospitals nationwide received nearly $15 billion in federal relief dollars, according to researchers at UNC’s...
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More than 2 million NC enrollees face crucial choices for 2023 Medicare coverage
By Thomas Goldsmith With a Dec. 7 deadline approaching, North Carolinians older than 65 are dealing with choices for 2023 between health insurance coverage under traditional Medicare or for one of 150...
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What did you read on NC Health News in 2022?
By Will Atwater, Anne Blythe Rachel Crumpler, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Rose Hoban and Taylor Knopf Will North Carolina legalize medical marijuana? Our most read stories of the year...
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Medicare Advantage, insuring 1 million patients in North Carolina, faces new...
By Thomas Goldsmith The popular Medicare Advantage program, known for attractive perks — yet questioned for some policies — is facing a recent series of critiques over its practices and cost to the...
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Critics and supporters of Medicare Advantage exchange charges on program’s...
By Thomas Goldsmith Privately run Medicare Advantage insurers attract more enrollees each year with prominent advertising and enticing perks. But the program, with about 1 million North Carolina...
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For NC people with dementia, Medicare’s hospice program holds caring comfort,...
By Thomas Goldsmith Sixteen years ago, Tom McCann promised his wife, Kathleen, that she’d always live at home, even though dementia was gradually sapping her memory and limiting her active lifestyle....
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Vulnerable NC Medicare Advantage enrollees face problems using ‘flex cards’...
By Thomas Goldsmith Electric cooperative and public-power groups across North Carolina are reporting that a UnitedHealthcare “UCard” sent this year to dual Medicaid and Medicare enrollees doesn’t work...
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