How to Use Medicare in a Sentence

Medicare

noun

• And the fact that now, Medicare is going to be fixing prices for some products.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
• One possibility is that this could be scaled to all of Medicare.
  — Naveen Rao, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Even Medicare, which provides health care to seniors, is affected.
  — Rachel Pearson, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
• 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
• Any institutions that do not comply with such rules could lose Medicare funding.
  — TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
• Medicaid can also benefit from price cuts reached through the Medicare process.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Indeed, possibly over a trillion dollars will be cut from Medicare.
  — Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• 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
• 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
• Six states moved from East to West, and the entire network had its annual Medicare rate update.
  — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
• If that fails, the hospital could lose Medicare funding, Prelogar said.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
• Five arrested over ‘sham hospices’ alleged to bilk Medicare for over $15 million.
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 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
• Because the next mayor could renege on that promise and again try to force seniors into Medicare Advantage.
  — Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
• Medicare Advantage plans still will be good options for many beneficiaries.
  — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• 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
• 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
• This meant the new statement specified that only Medicaid would be protected while Medicare would not be.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
• And that is that Medicare Advantage is neither Medicare nor an advantage.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 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
• 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
• Khanna advocates a Marshall Plan for America, a tax on the wealthy, and Medicare for all.
  — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
• Americans die every day waiting for a transplant, even as Medicare spends billions of dollars keeping patients alive on dialysis.
  — Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
• For people age 65 and older, the FDA’s decision means Medicare will cover the shots.
  — Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
• 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
• Significant changes occurred in Medicare Advantage plans each of the last couple of years, and more changes are on the way in 2026.
  — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• 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
• Most people in Illinois get health insurance through their employers, Medicare or Medicaid.
  — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
• Medicare reimburses ambulance rides for dialysis when patients have a medical need for assistance.
  — Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025