Rep Jayapal writing in the Washington Post states in part: Fifth, we simply cannot expect to bring down the costs of health care in the United States without taking on the for-profit […]
Medicare Part D premiums 🔽
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, for the third year in a row, the average basic premium for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, which cover prescription […]
2020 Medicare premiums
The projected Medicare standard Part B premium is currently projected to increase to $144.30 in 2020, about a $9.00 increase which will consume roughly a third of projected 2020 COLA for the […]
Drug rebates
To understand prescription drug rebates and the use of PBMs, we must ask a basic question. Within the debate about drug rebates, deductibles, etc. here is the question. What portion of health […]
Why Health Care Costs Need to be Part of Retirement Planning – yup, but just like everything else you will spend money on 😷
You have heard it all before, maybe you have seen these numbers too. No need to panic though. Look at it this way, what will you spend on food, rent, property taxes, […]
