[ad_1] CNN — Senior citizens and other Medicare enrollees can now get a break on the cost of their insulin. They won’t pay more than $35 a month for each insulin prescription that’s covered by their Medicare Part D plan. And they won’t be subject to a deductible for insulin. …
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[ad_1] Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images It’s open enrollment season, the time each year when millions of American workers and retirees must choose a health plan, whether new or existing. But picking health insurance can be a dizzying venture. Health plans have many moving parts — which may …
Read More »We’re impressed with health insurer Humana’s solid quarter and rosy outlook for next year
[ad_1] Club holding Humana (HUM) reported a mixed-but-solid third quarter before the opening bell Wednesday. Early optimism about 2023 also supported our bullish view on the health insurer’s stock. Revenue increased 9% year-over-year to $22.75 billion, slightly below estimates of $22.76 billion, and adjusted earnings-per-share increased 42% to $6.88, exceeding …
Read More »Biden uses Florida’s ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as foils for his closing midterm pitch
[ad_1] CNN — When President Joe Biden rallied Democrats in Florida on Tuesday for a final-stretch campaign stop, he finally landed in the state his advisers have long eyed as the ideal backdrop for his warnings against “mega-MAGA” Republicans. For months, Biden and his team had been hoping to use …
Read More »Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths among U.S. seniors in 2021
[ad_1] Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths and nearly 700,000 hospitalizations among adult Medicare recipients in 2021, the Health and Human Services Department said in a new report published Friday. The reduction in hospitalizations due to vaccination saved more than $16 billion in medical costs, according to the HHS …
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