Hacker News with Generative AI: Medicare

Medicare Would Be in Real Danger of Collapse Under Dr Oz (jacobin.com)
By hoodwinking seniors into private Medicare Advantage plans, insurers profit by denying care and bankrupting hospitals. Continuing their crusade against Medicare, Dr Oz and the Trump administration plan to make those plans mandatory.
Medicare, Health Care, Politics, Insurance
10 points by howard941 6 days ago | 0 comments
Musk Calls Entitlements the 'Big One' to Cut, Countering Trump (bloomberg.com)
Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk called entitlement spending — benefits including Social Security and Medicare — key targets for cuts, an assertion that directly contradicts President Donald Trump’s pledge to not touch those programs.
Politics, Social Security, Medicare, Economics, United States
22 points by toomuchtodo 23 days ago | 8 comments
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
188 points by geox 75 days ago | 328 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 115 days ago | 106 comments
Feds killed 2014 plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling (kffhealthnews.org)
Medicare, Healthcare, Government, Overbilling
121 points by consumer451 212 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 231 days ago | 4 comments
The 1-HR nurse visits that cost $15B to Medicare (wsj.com)
Healthcare, Medicare, Costs
26 points by IG_Semmelweiss 241 days ago | 69 comments
Insurers Pocketed $50B from Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated (wsj.com)
Healthcare, Insurance, Finance, Medicare
26 points by impish9208 269 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 339 days ago | 209 comments