Medicare covers the cost of a diabetes prevention program for the 23 million people diagnosed with prediabetes. Prediabetes is concerning because it can lead to diabetes. The New York Times reports...
Diane Archer
To save money and help their workers, employers should advocate...
As bad as our health care system has become, I keep believing that Congress will fix it. But, it’s going to take something more than unaffordable prices, countless premature deaths, and a global...
Why did Amazon’s health care venture fail?
You likely recall that a few years ago, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase decided that they would come together to address the health care needs of their employees collectively. They put...
Coronavirus: How many Medicare Advantage members went without...
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine looks at out-of-pocket costs for people in Medicare Advantage plans and how they affect access to care. There is inexcusably little...
All Americans should contribute at the same rate to Social...
Today is “scrap the cap” day for Social Security contributions. The goal is for all Americans to contribute at the same rate to Social Security throughout the year. Instead, in 2021, a...
Access to affordable care improves when people enroll in Medicare
A new paper in Health Affairs by Paul Jacobs looks at the impact of Medicare on access to affordable care. It finds that enrolling in Medicare–be it traditional Medicare or Medicare...
Let’s legalize drug importation and import drug prices
In an opinion piece on addressing high prescription drug prices for The Hill, Gabriel Levitt and Steven Salant argue that Congress should allow drug imports from legitimate pharmacies around the...
What will it take for Congress to cap hospital prices?
RAND just released a new study by Jody L. Liu confirming what multiple other studies have found: If the federal government were to put a cap on hospital prices, we could save tens of billions of...
Clover Health exposes risks of Medicare Advantage
A little known company, Clover Health, has done quite a job breaking into the Medicare Advantage business. It raised millions from Wall Street, went public, and upped its valuation into the billions...
Do Medicare Advantage plans give you appropriate access to...
Most Medicare Advantage plans establish networks that restrict your access to doctors and hospitals. And, the data show that people in Medicare Advantage plans overall have a greater chance of...