Why would the biggest health insurer in the nation buy a health care data analytics company? More knowledge, more power, more ability to drive profits its way. So, unsurprisingly, UnitedHealth...
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Insurers use prior authorization to keep people from getting care
Private insurers are increasingly using prior authorization as a tool to keep people from getting needed care. Allison Bell reports for Think Advisor on what physicians are saying about the hoops...
How to lower health care costs 1 percent at a time
The goal of the 1% Steps for Health Care Reform Project is to come up with discrete areas where the data show the US could lower health care costs in small meaningful ways. Reform is hard, in part...
Coronavirus: More federal support to wealthy hospitals than...
Jordan Rau and Christine Spolar report for Kaiser Health News that the COVID-19 pandemic turned out to be a boon for some hospitals with the help of federal relief funds. Now, it’s time for...
Coronavirus: More home and community-based services needed
For all the tragedy that Covid-19 has wreaked on this nation, there are a few silver linings. COVID-19 has cast a spotlight on the failings of nursing homes and the need for more home and...
President Biden proposes funding for long-term care...
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...
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...