Your Money or Your Life: 10 TV Drugs That Cost $200,000 or More a Year You settle in to watch your favorite show. Then a commercial starts. A smiling couple walks on a beach while a calm voice names a drug you have never heard of. The drug treats a Read more
Nothing’s Perfect I walked into my doctor’s office expecting good news. I’d read that Medicare now covers Foundayo, one of the new GLP-1 weight loss pills, for just $50 a month through something called the Bridge program. Forty-five minutes later, a medical assistant told me I didn’t qualify. That answer Read more
In 2024 Medicare announced there would be a $2000 drug cap for Medicare patients. In the current political climate, big pharma helps run the government. So as always, the devil is in the details. It turns out there are two important qualifications to be met in order to be protected Read more
Medicare Advantage is truly Medicare Disadvantage. I am a retired physician on Medicare. I offer my opinion on why traditional Medicare with a supplement is superior to Medicare Advantage. In the Medicare Advantage program, the US government gives an insurance company about $1000 per month. This is to take care Read more