Albert Einstein, Friedrich Nietzsche and many other great minds speak to the value of walking for promoting great thinking. Indeed, walking has been found to contribute to longer life, a younger...
Diane Archer
2027: Yes, Medicare Advantage will cost you more
Be prepared. If you opt to enroll in Medicare Advantage, you will pay more– more out of pocket for care your health plan covers and more out of pocket for care your health plan denies. What too...
Should you take the drugs your doctors prescribe?
As a general rule, you should be following medical directives from your doctors. But, you also want to make that your doctors are prescribing the drugs you need, not the drugs that the pharmaceutical...
Want to improve your health? Don’t bother taking a biological...
For a long time, into my 60’s, I felt like I was still 27. But, time takes its toll, wrinkles and aches set in, and I am increasingly feeling closer to my chronological age. Why does it matter...
CMS gains authority to boot insurers out of Medicare and Medicaid
Our federal government has always allowed people with Medicare to enroll in poor performing Medicare Advantage plans–ones that deny care inappropriately or delay it needlessly, endangering the...
Medicare agency proposes reforms to address inadequate Medicare...
For years, Medicare Advantage plans have listed physicians and hospitals in their network directories who were not in fact in-network. They misled enrollees about their provider networks. The Centers...
2027: Social Security benefits rise, but not enough
The 76 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits will see a 3.6 percent increase in 2027, reports Pankaj Agrawal for The Conversation. But, the increase, intended to adjust for inflation...
Poll: Medicare for all support surges in 2026
The latest Axios-Ipsos poll indicates that twice as many Americans are in favor of “Medicare for All” as opposed to it. Two out of three people, including half of Republicans, want our...
2027: Don’t use AI to choose a Medicare plan
If you have Medicare, the Annual Open Enrollment Season has arrived. If you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan or a Part D prescription drug plan, your costs and coverage could be changing...
Everyone needs an aging life care manager, but who can afford...
Life care managers, aka geriatric care managers, are social workers, nurses, therapists and other health care professionals who spend their days making sure that older adults are safe and well cared...