Health insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans are pulling out of several low-margin markets...
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People with medical debt are likely to face housing insecurity
Even with health insurance, health care costs are so high in the US and so out of sync with wages...
Insurers are expanding the role of AI to deny care and boost...
Health insurers are looking to AI as a means to boost profits, as health care costs rise and profit...
Should drug companies advertise to Americans?
It wasn’t until 1997 that the FDA opened the door for drug companies to advertise directly to...
Health systems are pulling out of Medicare Advantage in droves
While more than half of people with Medicare are enrolled in Medicare Advantage, hospital systems...
Your Health & Wellness
Caffeine found to reduce risk of dementia
A comprehensive study finds that a cup or two of coffee a day might just keep dementia away! Tea...
Are you aging well? Take these four tests
What does it mean to age well? It means to remain fit and independent for as long as possible over...
Genes play an important role in how long you live
A new study, published in Science, which looks at how twins living apart age, finds that how long...
How to reduce your risk of Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease has become an extremely common neurological condition throughout the world...
Six ways to keep your brain young and healthy
Rudolf Tanzi has been studying the brain for more than 45 years. He believes that our brains can do...
Your Coverage Options
Why can’t we know the cost of health care before we get it?
Elisabeth Rosenthal reports for The Washington Post on a patient with psoriatic arthritis who was...
2026: Take advantage of the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment...
If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, you should seriously consider taking advantage of the...
Whether you’re taking a weight-loss drug or not...
GLP-1 drugs, like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound, are helping millions of Americans lose weight. At...
Public health insurance lowers health care costs and covers the...
Medicare for those who choose it–public health insurance–would lower people’s health...
Warning: You’ll never understand differences among...
People with Medicare have no means of distinguishing among their different Medicare Advantage plan...