Medicare Advantage, also called Part C, is another way to receive your Medicare benefits. These plans, offered by private companies such as Humana and approved by Medicare, include everything Original Medicare covers and often much more like dental, vision and hearing coverage.

The Medicare Advantage program is one of the few places in the health care system where health insurance plans find it profitable to keep people healthy.

Fall enrollment is on. Some plans are raising premiums for Part D, which covers prescriptions, by $50 or more per month, while others are lowering them.

UPMC has confirmed additional Medicare cuts in Central Pennsylvania, while Highmark will discontinue some plans in certain counties but continue to offer Medicare plans in every county in their system.

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has struck an agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to set a negotiated price for

Medicare Advantage is an alternative to original Medicare that typically includes drug coverage. Medicare Advantage plans commonly offer extra benefits beyond what original Medicare gives enrollees. In some cases,

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For early retirees, the financially catastrophic scenario is when the cost of pre-Medicare health insurance causes them to choose to skip paying for health insurance altogether or opt for a cheap plan with limited ability to pay claims. For Medicare ...