What are the defining factors of a Tier 1 provider vs. a Tier 2 provider? That was a question posed to me by a regular reader of this newsletter. The reader wrote: “Many Tier 2 providers nowadays have ...

Every fall, millions of people take another look at their Medicare coverage during the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period.

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It’s hard to know if your health insurance plan is as good as advertised. You pay a monthly premium to access a network of health providers. But call the numbers in your provider directory, and you’re ...

Consumers have one major defense against rising costs, shrinking provider networks and disappearing benefits: Medicare’s fall ...