Hacker News with Generative AI: Medicare

Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations (apnews.com)
Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers, the Biden administration said Friday.

Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Government, Medicare

119 points by geox 15 hours ago | 150 comments

Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage (theconversation.com)
Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion a year.

Medicare, Healthcare Costs, Government Spending, Public Policy

95 points by paulpauper 40 days ago | 106 comments

Feds killed 2014 plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling (kffhealthnews.org)

Medicare, Healthcare, Government, Overbilling

121 points by consumer451 137 days ago | 75 comments

US expects billions in savings from first Medicare drug price cuts (reuters.com)

Medicare, Healthcare, Government, Economics, United States

35 points by pcurve 156 days ago | 4 comments

The 1-HR nurse visits that cost $15B to Medicare (wsj.com)

Healthcare, Medicare, Costs

26 points by IG_Semmelweiss 166 days ago | 69 comments

Insurers Pocketed $50B from Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated (wsj.com)

Healthcare, Insurance, Finance, Medicare

26 points by impish9208 194 days ago | 2 comments

Wegovy could be covered for at least 3.6M people under new Medicare rules (kff.org)

Healthcare, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, Obesity

91 points by cwwc 264 days ago | 209 comments