The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making significant changes for 2026 to its Medicare Plan Finder tool, which enrollees use to select plans. The federal agency will require each Medicare ...

Medicare beneficiaries have a wide selection of Medicare Advantage plans to choose from, but the quality and coverage can vary significantly. For 2026, 97% of beneficiaries have 10 or more Medicare ...

Medicare Part D is available to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part A or Part B. It works similarly to standard insurance ...

Medicare enrollees can expect new rules and benefits in 2026. Even if you have original Medicare, which tends to have stability in hospital and medical coverage, you should be aware of changes to ...

What does Medicare factor into their star rating system? I need to find a new Medicare plan during the open enrollment period and want to get it right this time. If you’re shopping and comparing ...

Bruine de Bruin is director of the Behavioral Sciences and Policy Initiative at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service. Blum is a nonresident senior scholar at the USC ...

Medicare Advantage plans are supposed to make like life easier for retirees by bundling all their healthcare needs together. But one of the most basic tasks—finding a doctor that takes your plan—isn’t ...