How to Use Medicare in a Sentence

Medicare

noun
Definition of Medicarenext
  • On top of that, the Medicare tax would rise from 3.8 percent to 5 percent.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
  • And the fact that now, Medicare is going to be fixing prices for some products.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • For more on Medicare and the age wave: Will Medicare really run out of money in 2031?
    — Eli Joseph, Fortune Well, 5 June 2024
  • Such is not the case with, say, Medicare, which is much less likely to deny a claim than private insurance.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2024
  • That's common for people who need help with catheters, wound care, or hospice (the end-of-life service covered by Medicare).
    — Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • And at what price? The potential Medicare market alone is enormous.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The tax could be lifted if a drugmaker chooses to pull its drug from the Medicare program entirely.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • As Medicare grapples with whether or not to cover the drugs for people 65 and older, studies of this population may be key.
    — Madison Muller, Fortune Well, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Medicaid can also benefit from price cuts reached through the Medicare process.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That's because a federal law passed in 2003 prohibits Medicare coverage of any weight-loss drug.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Gone was the annual cost-of-living adjustment and the health insurance for retirees, many of whom are not old enough to qualify for Medicare.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • RMDs can often keep people in high tax brackets later in life and can also trigger extra costs for Medicare.
    — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • If that fails, the hospital could lose Medicare funding, Prelogar said.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Any institutions that do not comply with such rules could lose Medicare funding.
    — TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Five arrested over ‘sham hospices’ alleged to bilk Medicare for over $15 million.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
  • Mammograms are available at no cost to the patient through most private health insurance plans and Medicare, according to the news release.
    — Mira Cheng, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • For example, Novo Nordisk was granted Medicare coverage after it was approved to be used to reduce the risk of heart attacks.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 6 June 2024
  • Those who are Medicare eligible will be able to speak with a variety of health care providers and community resources.
    — Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Under the old system, the average out-of-pocket cost for people on Medicare was about sixty-three dollars a month; today, it is capped at thirty-five dollars.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The in-person events double as a mini vendor fair where residents can sign up for Medicare, Medicaid or FoodShare.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • However, some consumers report that the calls can also be about banking, vacation packages, warranties and Medicare cards, the BBB said.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Over time, this prestige has been reinforced by their higher reimbursement weights in the fee schedule used by Medicare and other payers.
    — Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Matthew Guido, STAT, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Not only that, the complaint argues that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services lacked the authority to implement the final rule.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 24 May 2024
  • The move came after a brutal four session selloff over a drop in Medicare Advantage quality ratings.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released in March says the program’s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits in about 10 years.
    — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2023
  • Shifting retirees from Medigap to Medicare Advantage would not save the taxpayers $600 million per year.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • Most people with private insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid can still get the vaccine without having to pay out-of-pocket.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The state hospital received about $18.7 million in Medicare and Medicaid funding during the last two-year budget cycle.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
  • There are dozens of other issues that suffer the same fate as immigration, among them Social Security and Medicare, the need to upgrade the energy grid and the rising tide of public debt.
    — Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Sales of Eliquis could also take a hit in 2026, when a new price for the drug goes into effect for certain Medicare patients following negotiations with the federal government.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

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