For more than a decade now, our federal government has paid Medicare Advantage insurers tens of...
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Primary care doctors band together for higher pay
Primary care doctors are few and far between in the US. Millions of Americans struggle to find one...
2026: Almost all Medicare Advantage enrollees in Vermont lose...
This year, some 2.9 million Medicare Advantage enrollees lost their coverage and were forced to...
2026: Scrap the Social Security cap
Today, people earning $1,000,000 this year received a late Valentine. They stopped paying into...
Medicare for those who choose it, a first step to guaranteed...
With health care becoming increasingly unaffordable, “Medicare for all,” the proposal to...
Your Health & Wellness
Exercise may be your best bet for bone health, not calcium or...
Calcium helps keep your bones strong and healthy. So, it is wise to incorporate foods with calcium...
Who’s your health care buddy?
There are many benefits of being “all in it together,” but many of us still prefer the...
Five exercises to improve balance for safety and health
As we age, it becomes more likely that we will fall and break a hip or a shoulder. The Centers for...
Caregiving: Keeping Parents Healthy – Water, Walking, Watch...
Just call me lunchmeat. Not that I’m complaining, but that’s sometimes how I feel after...
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...
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...