Around the world, a new strain of Covid-19 is causing painful sore throats. In just a couple of months, “razor blade throat” Covid is on the rise in the US, reports Devi Shastri for AP...
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Who believes that insurers will voluntarily improve the prior...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times on health insurers’ voluntary pledge to improve the prior authorization process for working people, as well as people with Medicare and Medicaid...
2025: Planning for health care costs in retirement
In a Wall Street Journal podcast, Gail Marks Jarvis explains why it’s so hard to prepare for your health care costs in retirement. But, there are ways to keep retirement costs down. At 65...
Senate Republicans on Finance Committee pass even deadlier...
As I’ve written, the House Republicans passed a reconciliation bill which, among other things, imposes deadly cuts to Medicaid and ends premium subsidies for people with low incomes in the state...
Proposed Medicaid cuts imperil access to hospital care for all...
Hundreds of hospitals have negative operating margins and will not survive Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts: Rural hospitals are at particular risk: “61% of rural hospitals have a...
RFK Jr. fires every expert on CDC committee that approves...
Concern is deepening about RFK Jr.’s acts to mislead Americans about vaccine safety. Last week, RFK Jr. fired the entire panel of 17 medical and scientific experts who serve as members of the...
Proposed Medicaid cuts would mean benefit cuts for 1.4 million...
The House reconciliation bill, if enacted into law, would not only mean major cuts to Medicaid; it would also mean significant cuts to Medicare. More than 12 million people with Medicare are enrolled...
Medicare Advantage needs an overhaul
James C. Capretta, American Enterprise Institute, argues for changes in Medicare Advantage that “incentivize efficiency and high-quality care without needlessly overpaying the plans.” Who could...
The Senate reconciliation bill likely won’t target waste...
The Senate is now considering the House reconciliation bill, and it’s still anyone’s guess whether the more than $700 billion in Medicaid cuts will remain in the bill. These drastic Medicaid cuts...
House budget bill would result in 51,000 preventable deaths each...
A new paper out of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania finds that Medicaid and other health care cuts in the House reconciliation bill would lead to 51,000 preventable deaths each year. The...