NBC New York

Private health insurers use AI to approve or deny care. Soon Medicare will, too

Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the ...
Opinion

Want to find the real waste in health care spending? Look at Medicare Advantage | Opinion

Medicare Advantage plans cost us more without improving people’s health, all while private companies turn a profit on taxpayer money.
KCUR 89.3 FM

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 ...
The Daily Signal

Put Patients First and Fix Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage—a popular system of competitive private health plans—can be greatly improved. Congress can do so by expanding benefit options for patients and enhancing the quality of patient care.
Young and the Invested on MSN

Selecting a Medicare plan? Here's a side-by-side comparison of Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage

This article discusses the differences between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage to help you understand which type ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Private Medicare, Medicaid Plans Exaggerate In-Network Mental Health Options, Watchdogs Say

A federal probe of Medicare and Medicaid plans run by private insurance companies found that the plan operators often overstated how many mental health providers were available in their networks. KFF ...
WHYY

‘Blank check’: Delaware bill would cap the state’s inflated hospital prices

Some Delaware hospitals charge employee private plans more than 300% of Medicare for certain medical services.
News Medical

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.