Medicare annual open enrollment season begins on October 7 and millions of people will be deciding between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. People who want easy access to the care they...
Diane Archer
Medicare Advantage enrollment projected to drop in 2027
Medicare Advantage enrollment is expected to fall to fewer than half of all people with Medicare in 2027, reports Page Minemyer for FierceHealthcare. Many states are seeing significant drops in the...
Need a kidney transplant? Avoid Medicare Advantage
The government now pays Medicare Advantage plans–health plans administered by corporate health insurers–to cover care for people with end-state kidney disease. But, a new study published...
Apple expands further into the health and fitness space
Like many of the big tech companies, Apple is doing more to engage its customers around their health and fitness. Apple claims to want to “empower” people to “live their healthiest lives,”...
KFF poll: Health care affordability is the public’s top...
A new KFF poll finds that health care affordability is the public’s top economic anxiety. People who lack insurance, along with people who have insurance, struggle to pay for their health care...
John Oliver explains all that’s wrong with UnitedHealth
John Oliver’s latest Last Week Tonight does a brilliant job of explaining all that’s wrong with UnitedHealth. Through chilling patient stories and expert reports, Oliver explains...
You’re never too old to run
In case you thought otherwise, you’re never too old to run. Even older adults can withstand a running routine, according to Adam Tenforde, a sports medicine physician at Mass General Brigham...
2026: Nursing home beds becoming harder to find
Paula Span reports for The New York Times on how nursing home beds are becoming harder to find. Nursing homes are closing or cutting the number of usable beds they make available. More and more of...
UnitedHealthcare relies heavily on prior authorization despite...
UnitedHealth talks the talk about cutting prior authorization requirements but, in fact, continues to rely heavily on them. Yes, UnitedHealth volunteered to cut 30 percent of its prior authorization...
Trump administration promotes AI for medical care...
There’s no question that it can take time to see a doctor in the US, whether you have insurance or not, regardless of which insurance you have. Is the solution to speed up access to AI to diagnose...