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What You Must Know About the Different Parts of Medicare

Medicare can be complicated but we've got you covered. Here is a quick guide to the different benefits provided through each part.

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‘I’ve never known a time like it’: summer holiday chaos is unprecedented, says travel industry leader

Exclusive: Hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers have been affected by disruption

The Independent UK

The great car insurance con: Complaints about payouts soar as motorists hit by record-high premiums

Exclusive: Insurers delaying payout claims and undervaluing cars among top complaints

The Independent UK

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Medicare Advantage supplemental health plans draw scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Medicare Advantage plans lure customers with television ads promising plans with dental, vision and hearing benefits that traditional Medicare doesn’t offer

Tribune News Service

Medicare Advantage supplemental health plans draw scrutiny - Roll Call

Though supplemental benefits often draw seniors to Medicare Advantage plans, insurance experts question their value.

Roll Call

Mayor Adams signs controversial contract that eliminates traditional Medicare for retired NYC workers

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams signed off on a contract Thursday that will eliminate traditional Medicare coverage for retired city government workers and shift them into a privatized version of the program instead — a highly controversial move that immediately drew a lawsuit threat from a grassroots retiree group.

Tribune News Service

Lanzarote is top Easter getaway destination as holiday sales soar

Exclusive: Florida wins place in top five – beating France, Italy and Portugal

The Independent UK

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Shrinking rewards or not, the past 22 years have taught me I’m a Boots Advantage card person

The high street’s best-value loyalty card has been hit by the cost of living crisis, but that won’t diminish my attachment to it, says Laura Snapes, the Guardian’s deputy music editor

The Guardian - UK

Boots shoppers to earn fewer Advantage card points as retailers’ costs rise

From May, loyalty card holders will collect 3p of points for every £1 spent at health and beauty chain, down from 4p

The Guardian - UK

Insurers, Republicans square off with Biden on Medicare ‘cuts’

WASHINGTON — The insurance industry and Republicans are using the debt ceiling fight and President Joe Biden’s vows not to cut Medicare to fend off changes to private Medicare Advantage plans, which are popular among the public but have faced criticism about their costs to the government.

Tribune News Service

Insurers, Republicans square off with Biden on Medicare 'cuts' - Roll Call

Medicare Advantage, a Medicare alternative primarily run by private health insurers, becomes a battleground in the war over federal spending.

Roll Call

Boots £10 'game changer' cream 'instantly reduces wrinkles and takes ten years off', say shoppers

"Love this product," said one fan, with another adding that they "look 10 years younger"

Nottingham Post

Shoppers race to Boots for £10 anti-aging cream that 'takes years off' with one use

Super fans of anti-aging beauty serums has claimed that the £10 bargain from Boots "instantly reduces wrinkles and takes ten years off" in just a singular use.

Edinburgh Live

Boots shoppers claim £10 cream 'instantly reduces wrinkles and takes ten years off'

Beauty fans claim the anti-aging cream "takes ten years off".

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Wales Online

Tesco Clubcard, Sainsbury's Nectar and the other best customer loyalty cards for saving money in 2023

There are so many now that cost nothing and save you loads of money

Tribune News Service

Providers say Medicare Advantage hinders new methadone benefit

In 2018, responding to a wave of overdose deaths, Congress passed legislation requiring Medicare to pay for services at opioid treatment programs for the first time.

Roll Call

Providers say Medicare Advantage hinders new methadone benefit

A new benefit aimed at helping treat opioid use disorder can be hard to access for those who use Medicare Advantage plans, advocates say.

Salon

Did Medicare Advantage plans overcharge?

Some Medicare Advantage plans failed to produce any records to justify their payments, government records show

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How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry practice whose owner had been indicted for fraud.

Salon

The Medicare Advantage plan scandal

Health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations, audits find

WEKU

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.

Daily Mirror

Supermarket meal deals compared including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Boots

Which retailer offers the cheapest meal deal - and how much can you save?

Tribune News Service

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nursing home surprise: Medicare Advantage plans covering less time than Medicare covers

Health care providers, nursing home representatives and patient advocates say Medicare Advantage plans increasingly are ending members’ coverage for nursing home and rehabilitation services before patients are healthy enough to go home.

The Independent UK

Exercise caution with zero-premium Medicare Advantage plans

Health insurers will flood the Medicare Advantage market again this fall with enticing offers of plans that have no monthly price tag

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