Joe Eaton and David Donald, Center for Public Integrity

Posts by Joe Eaton and David Donald, Center for Public Integrity

Hospitals

Medicare-billed eye lift surgery rises, costs quadrupled

Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon’s scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill. Yes, Medicare. The public health insurance program for people over 65 typically does not cover cosmetic surgery, but for cases in which a patient’s sagging eyelids significantly hinder […]