Hackernews posts about Medicare

Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people aged 65 and older, certain younger people with disabilities, and those with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant).

1. Feds killed 2014 plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling (kffhealthnews.org)
   121 points by consumer451 17 days ago | 75 comments
2. Antitrust cops should be going after Medicare, not Google (thehill.com)
   5 points by howard941 27 days ago | discuss
3. Ask HN: Who works with Medicare claims data (VRDC)?
   1 points by fabk 23 days ago | 1 comments
4. Feds killed plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling: Industry opposition (www.cbsnews.com)
   1 points by howard941 21 days ago | discuss
5. Big Pharma claims lower prices means giving up miracle medications. Ignore them (www.vox.com)
   142 points by rntn 25 days ago | 117 comments
6. Five medical innovations that give me hope (www.washingtonpost.com)
   2 points by petethomas 1 day ago | 1 comments
7. Ask HN: Prescription Scanner & Medication Tracker App
   1 points by ayushpawar 3 days ago | 2 comments
8. I created a healthcare management software for medicine (vercel.com)
   1 points by MVTIAS about 18 hours ago | discuss
9. Texas medical program stops using unclaimed bodies following NBC investigation (www.nbcnews.com)
   1 points by impish9208 2 days ago | discuss
10. Ask HN: What runs L4-related microkernels/hypervisors these days?
    113 points by AlexWandell 3 days ago | 53 comments
11. How do you find 10x Engineers?
    2 points by Kushal6070 9 days ago | 11 comments
12. Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated (www.mcgill.ca)
    192 points by Gadiguibou 1 day ago | 147 comments
13. Light-based technique shows 90% accuracy in early prostate cancer detection (medicalxpress.com)
    130 points by amichail 17 days ago | 25 comments
14. Metabolism – How to reduce half-life of caffeine? (medicalsciences.stackexchange.com)
    9 points by bilsbie 3 days ago | discuss
15. Are psi researchers more like lay believers or skeptics? (medicalxpress.com)
    5 points by PaulHoule about 2 hours ago | 3 comments
16. Placebos can alleviate back pain, even when patients know they're placebos (medicalxpress.com)
    4 points by PaulHoule about 21 hours ago | discuss
17. Ultrasound device shows promise for treating chronic pain (medicalxpress.com)
    3 points by PaulHoule 7 days ago | discuss
18. Metal pollutants associated with progression of plaque buildup in the arteries (medicalxpress.com)
    2 points by wglb about 3 hours ago | discuss
19. A Sharper Focus on Increased Cancer Risks from Drinking Alcohol (news.cuanschutz.edu)
    2 points by srameshc about 20 hours ago | discuss
20. The lifesaving, Nobel Prize-winning discovery that almost didn't happen (www.vox.com)
    2 points by alexcos 1 day ago | discuss
21. New Immuno-Oncology Updates on Anti-CD200R1 and Anti-ULBP Antibodies (investors.23andme.com)
    2 points by DevScout 1 day ago | discuss
22. United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky (united.mediaroom.com)
    2 points by vinni2 1 day ago | discuss
23. Covid-19 rates oscillate every six months in the US, new study shows (medicalxpress.com)
    1 points by ivewonyoung 1 day ago | 2 comments
24. Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms (theconversation.com)
    1 points by amichail 23 minutes ago | discuss
25. The Homemade Breeder Reactor – UChicago Scavenger Hunt (1999) (mag.uchicago.edu)
    1 points by msravi about 1 hour ago | discuss
26. A web site dedicated to precise Time and Frequency (leapsecond.com)
    9 points by gballan 1 day ago | discuss
27. Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – On-Demand H100s from $1.98/hr – $25 Free Credit (oblivus.com)
    22 points by oblivuslimited 1 day ago | 23 comments
28. Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Free OpenStreetMap Vector Tile Hosting (openfreemap.org)
    1 points by hyperknot 2 minutes ago | discuss
29. Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care (www.statnews.com)
    247 points by danso over 1 year ago | 207 comments
30. Stop the Medicare “Advantage” Scam Before Medicare Is Dead (hartmannreport.com)
    244 points by MilnerRoute over 1 year ago | 187 comments
31. Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations (www.nytimes.com)
    115 points by SeanBoocock about 1 year ago | 104 comments
32. Wegovy could be covered for at least 3.6M people under new Medicare rules (www.kff.org)
    91 points by cwwc 5 months ago | 209 comments
33. How to brazenly steal $100B from Medicare and Medicaid (www.cnbc.com)
    82 points by latchkey over 1 year ago | 72 comments
34. Medicare Advantage increasingly popular with seniors but not hospitals, doctors (kffhealthnews.org)
    58 points by mooreds 10 months ago | 121 comments
35. Older Americans say they feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans (text.npr.org)
    41 points by rawgabbit 9 months ago | 43 comments
36. US expects billions in savings from first Medicare drug price cuts (www.reuters.com)
    35 points by pcurve about 1 month ago | 4 comments
37. Drugmakers want to stop Medicare from negotiating prices (www.cnn.com)
    34 points by LinuxBender over 1 year ago | 10 comments
38. How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions (www.nytimes.com)
    33 points by metadat almost 2 years ago | 4 comments
39. The 1-HR nurse visits that cost $15B to Medicare (www.wsj.com)
    26 points by IG_Semmelweiss about 2 months ago | 69 comments
40. Insurers Pocketed $50B from Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated (www.wsj.com)
    26 points by impish9208 2 months ago | 2 comments
41. Health insurers can't rely on AI to decide Medicare coverage (mashable.com)
    21 points by pg_1234 7 months ago | 1 comments
42. VA hospitals are outperforming private hospitals, latest Medicare survey shows (www.npr.org)
    19 points by andsoitis over 1 year ago | discuss
43. For-Profit 'Medicare Advantage' Plans Using AI for Denials (www.commondreams.org)
    12 points by MilnerRoute 11 months ago | 3 comments
44. U.S. Announces First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations (www.nytimes.com)
    10 points by woodruffw about 1 year ago | 2 comments
45. Drug makers have tripled the prices of top Medicare drugs (arstechnica.com)
    7 points by pseudolus about 1 year ago | 1 comments
46. Deepfaked Celebrity Ads Promoting Medicare Scams Run Rampant on YouTube (www.404media.co)
    6 points by nickthegreek 8 months ago | 1 comments
47. Medicare negotiating drug prices will likely save the U.S. billions, study says (www.nbcnews.com)
    6 points by paulpauper over 1 year ago | 1 comments
48. The Medicare Bubble Has Burst (www.wsj.com)
    5 points by thelastgallon 4 months ago | discuss
49. Medicare negotiating drug prices will likely save the U.S. billions, study says (www.nbcnews.com)
    5 points by paulpauper over 1 year ago | discuss
50. UnitedHealth sued over use of algorithm in Medicare Advantage plans (www.statnews.com)
    4 points by webmaven 10 months ago | discuss
51. U.S. to rein in technology that limits Medicare Advantage care (www.msn.com)
    4 points by MilnerRoute 12 months ago | discuss
52. Judge rejects AstraZeneca's challenge to Medicare drug price negotiations (www.cnbc.com)
    3 points by toomuchtodo 7 months ago | 2 comments
53. Medicare plans can now cover Wegovy for patients at risk of heart disease (www.npr.org)
    3 points by paulpauper 6 months ago | discuss
54. Medicare to cover obesity drugs, but not for weight loss (thehill.com)
    3 points by paulpauper 6 months ago | discuss
55. UnitedHealth made employees use an AI algorithm to end Medicare patients rehab (www.statnews.com)
    3 points by hprotagonist 10 months ago | discuss
56. Medicare: A Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. and No One Is Sure Why (www.nytimes.com)
    3 points by resalisbury about 1 year ago | discuss
57. Drugs that will be up first for Medicare price negotiation (www.statnews.com)
    3 points by divbzero about 1 year ago | discuss
58. Audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans (text.npr.org)
    3 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | discuss