Since 1986, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) has required all Medicare-accepting hospitals (virtually all U.S. hospitals) to provide screening and stabilization services to anyone who arrives in the emergency room—including pregnant people in active labor—regardless of their ...
When Bruce Jacobs started CrossFit at age 64, he expected to get stronger. He never imagined he’d end up standing straighter, too. “I had not expected the profound improvement in my posture that results from doing regular workouts that require it,” the now-66-year-old said. When was ...
The FDA has authorized roughly two dozen AI products to help detect and diagnose cancer from mammograms. However, there are currently no billing codes radiologists can use to charge health plans for the use of AI to interpret mammograms. Typically, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv...
What If I Need Insurance or Help Affording My Meds? If you don’t have health insurance, your case manager can help you find coverage to help you afford your HIV medical care and medications. They can review Medicaid, Medicare, ACA marketplace, and private health plans available in your ar...
You may have to wait until your insurance’s open enrollment period to make changes, but it’s one big way to save money in the years leading up to your retirement. Your husband should also do that, assuming he will be starting Medicare this year. ...
Tom Sheridan
question comes back to, “No, what are YOU doing about health insurance?” I have to admit, I haven’t found a satisfactory solution for medical insurance that I’m confident will work for the next 20+ years until we reach Medicare eligibility. We’re winging it,planning one year at a...
A sign at the White House wishing Carter a happy 100th birthday. Photo: AFP via Getty Images So, fewer babies being born means fewer workers paying Social Security and Medicare taxes down the road. Yet the elder population, which depends heavily ...
It may not be totally realistic, but it can be a great idea to try living on a reduced budget before you retire to just get a feel for it. Budget Healthcare If you think that Medicare is going to cover your healthcare. Think again. ...
He signed up for Social Security and was able to tide himself over with severance pay until the checks arrived, and got marketplace health insurance until he could enroll in Medicare because he couldn’t afford Cobra even for a few months. Retirement pla...