U.S. cancer deaths still declining; NJ marketers sentenced in $127M Medicare kickback scheme; middle-aged Americans ...

U.S. cancer death rates still on the decline — even through the pandemic Cancer death rates in the U.S. declined steadily from 2001 to 2022 across men, women and children, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer from the …

Rules for enrolling in Medicare when self-employed are confusing

I am self-employed with an individual health plan and confused about enrolling in Medicare when I turn 65 in July. I cannot find the answer to my situation in the Medicare & You handbook. A business associate who is also self-employed delayed his Part …

How do I enroll in Medicare?

I am turning 65 in July and am bombarded with mail and telemarketing calls. I am not receiving Social Security and a friend who just got Medicare is receiving her Social Security check. Do I have to be receiving my Social Security check to get Medicare? × …

Monthly Medicare help: How to get your Medicare card

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Independent Healthcare Broker Kevin Dorr of Mapping Medicare is offering free Medicare help Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. at Dead River Coffee Roasters. He joined Tia Trudgeon on the Morning News on Tuesday to discuss …

To Uphold Campaign Promise, Dr. Oz Needs To Fix Medicare Drug Prices

Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during a swearing in ceremony to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare ... More and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved During his campaign, President Trump …

Labor’s Medicare announcement is a ‘sham Mediscare scam’

Menzies Research Centre Senior Fellow Nick Cater comments on the government’s Medicare announcement, claiming it’s a “sham Mediscare scam”. “It’s taken a while for this sham mediscare scam to start unravelling, hasn’t it, Peta – I mean, the fact is that …

Medicare shrugs off concerns over Albanese’s use of logo in election push

Medicare has defended Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s use of its branding as a campaign prop during an election campaign centred around health and bulk billing, following criticism from a leading commentator who questioned the legality of the move.  The …

GP criticises Anthony Albanese’s Medicare pledges

Off-Cycle Medicare Revalidations for SNFs – Deadline Extended to August 1, 2025

On April 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced via a Medicare Learning Network (“MLN”) update that the deadline for submission of mandatory off-cycle Medicare revalidations for skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) providers …

Medicare Advantage state of play

Driving The Day MIXED SIGNALS — Uncertainty lingers for the Medicare Advantage industry as two of the nation’s top insurers on Thursday painted different pictures of the program’s financial stability. UnitedHealth Group, the largest insurer and typically a …