Near low-income Medicare beneficiaries experience significant affordability challenges, facing higher financial burdens and medical debt compared to other income groups. Despite similar health status ...

Medicare beneficiaries with near low income face significant health care affordability challenges, despite moderate out-of-pocket spending. Current financial assistance programs inadequately protect ...

Commissioners on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission largely supported recommendations to increase pay for physicians and other health professionals by slightly less than inflation, and establish ...

You might already be on Medicare. You might even have prescription drug coverage through Part D. But what if the cost of your medications, monthly premiums, deductibles, or copays, still feels too ...

A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality.

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