Unlike Denmark’s health care system, which guarantees free health care to everyone in most cases, our health care system is unaffordable and does not work well for tens of millions of...
Diane Archer
Humana distorts its Medicare Advantage data: What you see is not...
Humana has been misleading investors about the value of its Medicare Advantage primary care clinics, reports Casey Ross and Tara Bannow for StatNews. Humana was investing almost $2 billion to expand...
Virtual communities engage homebound older adults, address...
Tens of thousands of homebound older adults live in near or total isolation. Fortunately, online communities can help ensure social engagement. The editorial board of the New York Times reports on a...
Government can’t control corporate greed in Medicare Rx...
Everyone with Medicare should have Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage unless they have drug coverage from another source and virtually everyone does. But, our government can’t control...
Poll: People with government health insurance more satisfied...
As a rule, people who are relatively healthy–-most people–-are generally satisfied with their health insurance. And, it’s easy to understand why. They do not face access, cost or quality issues...
Shingles vaccine appears to fend off dementia
Researchers at Stanford University have found that the shingles vaccine could help your brain and fend off dementia. The study results, published in Cell, are particularly compelling because the...
Insurers fight bill in Congress that would lower Medicare...
The “No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, or Diagnoses for the Elderly” (No UPCODE) Act, S.1105 is a bi-partisan bill designed to strengthen Medicare. It would reduce by about 10 percent the...
Nursing home residents in for-profit facilities continue to face...
Camille Baker reports for The New York Times on how owners of two nursing homes in New Jersey pocketed millions of dollars they received from state Medicaid programs and left residents without...
High percentage of the workforce faces unexpected disability...
Pretty much no matter who you are, retirement is challenging, emotionally, socially and financially. So, many Americans either keep working for as long as possible after they turn 65. But, a large...
Poll: What do Americans think about their health care?
Access to care is increasingly becoming a problem for all Americans, in the wake of the Trump budget law that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid. Health care costs continue to rise appreciably, and the...