Hospitals charged commercial insurers and employers rates 254% higher, on average, than what Medicare paid for the same services in 2022, according to a Rand Corp. report published May 13. The study ...

Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among ...

Medicare and Social Security, two cornerstones of the American social safety net, provide income and health insurance for retirees and individuals with disabilities. Both programs are massive in terms ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly over the course of the past two decades and is projected to continue to grow. We examined sources of new enrollment in MA and analyzed the switching patterns ...