On July 30, Medicare turned 55. Notwithstanding myriad attempts by conservatives to destroy it...
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Can you protect nursing home residents in a profit-driven system?
A story in The Guardian about corporate entities that buy up nursing homes, with the goal of...
Coronavirus: Republican stimulus bill opens the door to Social...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is responding to the coronavirus pandemic with the...
Coronavirus: Female leaders are far better at containing COVID-19
Thomas Deane reports for MedicalXpress that countries with female leaders tend to be healthier and...
President Trump’s prescription drug executive orders...
For a long time now, President Trump has said that Americans should not be paying more for drugs...
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Coronavirus: Disease groups lose research funding
Stat News reports that disease organizations have lost a significant amount of their research...
Coronavirus: Life for older adults after a vaccine
Bruce Horovitz reports for Kaiser Health News on what life is likely to be like for older adults...
Coronavirus: Who will get a vaccine and when?
With a few COVID-19 vaccines making their way through the clinical trial phase and seeing...
Coronavirus: Many older adults at risk because they are unable...
Older adults who are not tech savvy and cannot navigate in a digital world are particularly at risk...
It’s time to rethink nursing home care
For decades now, nursing homes in the US have failed to provide older residents with a dignified...
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Can you protect nursing home residents in a profit-driven system?
A story in The Guardian about corporate entities that buy up nursing homes, with the goal of...
Hospital rates out of control with private health insurance
Hospital rates are out of control for people with private health insurance. Medicare, in sharp...
Coronavirus: Labs can charge what they please for COVID-19 tests
Sarah Kliff reports for the New York Times that labs around the country are charging wildly varying...
Coronavirus and Congress: How to help older workers
The novel coronavirus has hit Americans hard. And, it has hit older workers especially hard. Not...
Coronavirus: Older adults take full advantage of Medicare...
Medicare began covering a broad array of telehealth services during this coronavirus pandemic. And...