Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Seniors Access to Special Care, Analysis Shows

Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Seniors Access to Special Care, Analysis Shows

People enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans have been inappropriately denied admission to a skilled nursing home when leaving the hospital, according to a new analysis by federal investigators. These private plans, which cover about 35 million older Americans under the federal Medicare program, have drawn sharp criticism for delaying and denying medically necessary care….

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‘They deny the medication that is keeping you alive’: Patients wage grueling legal battles for lifesaving cancer drug

‘They deny the medication that is keeping you alive’: Patients wage grueling legal battles for lifesaving cancer drug

In the mountain town of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, on the second floor of Ada Violeta Chuc’s home, a room with faded cream-colored walls holds an altar to honor her family’s ancestors. A wooden cross stands in the center of a table covered by a tablecloth printed with red poinsettias. A dozen figurines of Indigenous and Christian…

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