Medicare

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Watch out for Medicare scams

  Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.   Medicare loses $60 billion to $80 billion a year to fraud, and this year, for Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, your local Senior Medicare Patrol has good advice on how to spot a con. There are plenty of scams to be aware of. Karen Joy Fletcher, communications director with […]
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Report details price-gouging tactics by Big Pharma

  Eric Galatas, reporter/producer, Colorado News Connection, a bureau of Public News Service.   As advocacy groups take a victory lap for moving lawmakers to finally allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices for ten widely used medicines, a new report detailed how the makers of those drugs have gouged billions of taxpayer and consumer dollars. Kyle Herrig, senior adviser for the […]