For older adults, Medicare enrollment is a complex and overwhelming endeavor. When the time for enrollment comes, beneficiaries are challenged with the daunting task of navigating seemingly endless ...

State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) are available in every state to offer Medicare beneficiaries and their families free, personalized counseling and support. SHIPs can assist with ...

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, prior authorizations and claim denials complicate this increasingly popular ...

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 ...

Although ample evidence exists that community health centers lower federal medical expenditures, it has been hypothesized that the eligibility assistance offered by staff at health centers could also ...

Medicare’s open enrollment for 2025 benefits runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. Help with the sometimes-complicated process is available in Oregon for no charge. The Senior Health Insurance Benefits ...

Diane Slezak, president and CEO of AgeOptions, has worked in the aging services sector helping to meet the needs of seniors for nearly 50 years. “I have never encountered a moment as challenging and ...

Sybil Hawkins flips through a Medicare booklet along with other mail she received about enrollment in her Dallas home on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. Hawkins uses the services offered by The Senior Source ...