Tag: Medicare
Deliberately imperiling federal finances should not be an excuse to cut programs for older Americans. It was unsurprising to many when the Treasury announced in mid-October that the federal budget deficit rose 17 percent in Fiscal Year 2018. This increase reflected the tax cut and subsequent spending hikes enacted in the past year. Contrary to…
A Squared Away reader wrote recently that he and his wife saved $2,400 a year by paying cash for their medications. When a pharmacy sells a prescription drug to a customer, the health insurer reimburses the pharmacy at a negotiated rate that covers its cost for the drug, its dispensing fees, and any additiona…
