David Dayen reports in the American Prospect on new developments at the White House regarding legislation that would lower prescription drug prices. President Joe Biden’s executive order on...
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Caregiving: How to prepare for a visit to aging loved ones
Now that the pandemic is somewhat behind us, we are reconnecting in person with older friends and family members. If you’d like to help them with the to-do list they were forced to put on hold...
2021: Programs that lower your health care costs if you have...
Medicare only covers about half of a typical person’s health care costs. So, even with Medicare, many people struggle to afford premiums, deductibles and other out-of-pockets health care costs...
President Biden fires head of Social Security
It took longer than it should have, but President Biden fired Trump’s pick to head Social Security, Andrew Saul. As you might imagine, Saul’s entire m.o. was to keep people from getting...
Pharma spends more on stock buybacks than research
A new House Oversight Committee report finds that the biggest pharmaceutical companies spend more on stock buybacks than on research. They have spent more each year for the last five years. Lowering...
Medicare to decide when new Alzheimer’s drug is covered
As a rule, Medicare covers all federally approved treatments and medicines. But, there are always exceptions. Rachel Cohrs and Ed Silverman report for Stat that coverage for Aduhelm, the ridiculously...
Medical device company gouges hospitals that use its surgical...
Intuitive Surgical, a medical device company, has profited handsomely from the sale of its surgical robots to lots of hospitals. Still, most of the enormous revenue it generates comes from its super...
Don’t ice your sore muscles
Gretchen Reynolds reports for The New York Times that it might not be a good idea to ice your sore muscles. One new study of mice whose muscles were iced suggests that icing can actually do harm...
Costs in Medicare Advantage present barrier to care
The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new report that underscores the likelihood of significant access to care issues in Medicare Advantage for people with modest incomes and people in fair or poor...
Social Security benefits need to increase
Michael Sainato reports for The Guardian on Social Security’s failure to provide many retired Americans a livable income. Consequently, millions of people in their 70’s are still working...