John Nichols reports for The Nation on President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan, which is designed to address America’s failing infrastructure. Billions would go to bridges, roads and...
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More people benefiting from Medicare coverage of advance care...
A new report in Health Affairs reveals that substantially more people with Medicare are benefiting from Medicare’s coverage of advance care planning during a Medicare annual wellness visit, but...
Exercise can help an aging brain
We might be getting older but exercise can help our aging brains. Exercise works wonders for our mental and physical health. And, if you’re feeling as if your memory is not as good as it once...
Trump appointees hold up stimulus checks to 30 million people on...
Why the delay in getting people on Social Security their stimulus checks? The American Rescue Plan passed Congress a couple of weeks ago, and President Biden signed it into law on March 11, the day...
Senator Sanders proposes reining in drug prices and expanding...
Burgess Everett writes for Politico about Senator Bernie Sanders’ plan to rein in Medicare prescription drug prices and use the savings to improve and expand Medicare through the reconciliation...
Should you get inpatient or outpatient care? It matters
In December 2020, the Trump administration changed payment policy for hundreds of procedures that Medicare had previously covered on an inpatient basis only. To save money, over the next three years...
Coronavirus: Should you go to the gym?
At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, many gyms closed. When gyms were open, people were strongly advised not to go to minimize the risk of getting infected with COVID-19. Now that more people...
Coronavirus: Have you gotten your cancer screenings?
During this novel coronavirus pandemic, most of us have opted against visiting a doctor’s office or going to the hospital when we had the choice. Fortunately, now that we appear to be coming...
Coronavirus: Medicare for all would have saved lives
A new Public Citizen white paper details how the US would have been far better prepared for the novel coronavirus pandemic had we had Medicare for All. Our for-profit multi-payer health care system...
Expanding Medicare Advantage is a bad idea
In an op-ed for Health Affairs, Ken Terry and David Muehlestein explain why expanding the Medicare private insurance option to everyone or “Medicare Advantage for All” is a bad idea. ...