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. UnitedHealth Group is under criminal investigation for possible Medicare fraud (www.wsj.com)
   46 points by gnabgib 17 days ago | 9 comments
2. RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info (www.npr.org)
   15 points by danso 23 days ago | discuss
3. Trump to pitch sweeping Medicare drug price plan (www.politico.com)
   4 points by TMWNN 24 days ago | 1 comments
4. UnitedHealth under criminal probe for possible Medicare Fraud (www.cnbc.com)
   2 points by gorbachev 16 days ago | discuss
5. Advice for a Sick Hacker with Nothing
   3 points by cure8 4 days ago | 6 comments
6. Launch HN: WorkDone (YC X25) – AI Audit of Medical Charts
   79 points by digitaltzar 9 days ago | 59 comments
7. The DSM is not medical science – it's a social control manual (github.com)
   15 points by stagas 1 day ago | 13 comments
8. RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals (www.washingtonpost.com)
   14 points by nxobject 3 days ago | 4 comments
9. Caffeine increases brain complexity during sleep (www.news-medical.net)
   10 points by XzetaU8 3 days ago | discuss
10. Men are shaving off their eyelashes on TikTok – that might be a bad idea (medicalxpress.com)
    3 points by PaulHoule about 14 hours ago | 1 comments
11. A misplaced MRI found a tumor on her spine. Doctors removed it through her eye (www.cbsnews.com)
    3 points by rolph about 10 hours ago | discuss
12. Show HN: ClickStack – open-source Datadog alternative by ClickHouse and HyperDX (github.com)
    11 points by mikeshi42 2 days ago | 1 comments
13. Show HN: ChartPrompt – An AI-powered chart generation platform (chartprompt.com)
    3 points by lukus 1 day ago | 2 comments
14. Ask HN: How do you verify if a short-term rental is remote-work-friendly?
    1 points by travelingbder6 about 11 hours ago | 5 comments
15. Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations (apnews.com)
    188 points by geox 4 months ago | 329 comments
16. Feds killed 2014 plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling (kffhealthnews.org)
    121 points by consumer451 9 months ago | 75 comments
17. Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations (www.nytimes.com)
    115 points by SeanBoocock almost 2 years ago | 104 comments
18. Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage (theconversation.com)
    95 points by paulpauper 6 months ago | 106 comments
19. Wegovy could be covered for at least 3.6M people under new Medicare rules (www.kff.org)
    91 points by cwwc about 1 year ago | 209 comments
20. Medicare Advantage increasingly popular with seniors but not hospitals, doctors (kffhealthnews.org)
    58 points by mooreds over 1 year ago | 121 comments
21. DOJ Investigates Medicare Billing Practices at UnitedHealth (www.wsj.com)
    53 points by Jimmc414 3 months ago | 12 comments
22. Older Americans say they feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans (text.npr.org)
    41 points by rawgabbit over 1 year ago | 43 comments
23. Trump Picks TV's Dr. Oz to Run Medicare and Medicaid (www.reuters.com)
    35 points by gniting 6 months ago | 23 comments
24. US expects billions in savings from first Medicare drug price cuts (www.reuters.com)
    35 points by pcurve 10 months ago | 4 comments
25. Drugmakers want to stop Medicare from negotiating prices (www.cnn.com)
    34 points by LinuxBender almost 2 years ago | 10 comments
26. Medicare Pays Different Prices for the Same Drug (www.wsj.com)
    32 points by JumpCrisscross 6 months ago | 55 comments
27. The 1-HR nurse visits that cost $15B to Medicare (www.wsj.com)
    26 points by IG_Semmelweiss 10 months ago | 69 comments
28. Insurers Pocketed $50B from Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated (www.wsj.com)
    26 points by impish9208 11 months ago | 2 comments
29. Health insurers can't rely on AI to decide Medicare coverage (mashable.com)
    21 points by pg_1234 over 1 year ago | 1 comments
30. VA hospitals are outperforming private hospitals, latest Medicare survey shows (www.npr.org)
    19 points by andsoitis almost 2 years ago | discuss
31. For-Profit 'Medicare Advantage' Plans Using AI for Denials (www.commondreams.org)
    12 points by MilnerRoute over 1 year ago | 3 comments
32. UnitedHealthcare accused of relying on AI algorithms to deny Medicare claims (www.foxbusiness.com)
    11 points by sensanaty 6 months ago | 2 comments
33. Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid (www.nytimes.com)
    11 points by treetalker about 2 months ago | 1 comments
34. U.S. Announces First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations (www.nytimes.com)
    10 points by woodruffw almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
35. Medicare Would Be in Real Danger of Collapse Under Dr Oz (jacobin.com)
    10 points by howard941 2 months ago | discuss
36. Doge Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud (www.wsj.com)
    9 points by impish9208 4 months ago | 2 comments
37. Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut (www.nytimes.com)
    8 points by gigalord about 2 months ago | discuss
38. RFK Jr. weighs major changes to how Medicare pays physicians (www.washingtonpost.com)
    7 points by elsewhen 6 months ago | 5 comments
39. Drug makers have tripled the prices of top Medicare drugs (arstechnica.com)
    7 points by pseudolus almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
40. Dr. Mehmet Oz may have underpaid Medicare and Social Security taxes (www.nbcnews.com)
    7 points by howard941 3 months ago | discuss
41. UnitedHealth's Army of Doctors Helped It Collect Billions More from Medicare (www.wsj.com)
    6 points by impish9208 5 months ago | 1 comments
42. Deepfaked Celebrity Ads Promoting Medicare Scams Run Rampant on YouTube (www.404media.co)
    6 points by nickthegreek over 1 year ago | 1 comments
43. A Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes (www.propublica.org)
    6 points by hn_acker 6 months ago | discuss
44. Sen. Grassley Launches Inquiry into UnitedHealth's Medicare Billing Practices (www.wsj.com)
    5 points by impish9208 3 months ago | 1 comments