In the last few weeks, I’ve given a couple of talks focused on Medicare Advantage. I always highlight the biggest well-kept secrets of Medicare Advantage plans, summarized below. They should...
Diane Archer
Medicare for all would rationalize the cost of care
In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus explains that, if we did not rely on private health insurers, our costs for care would be half of what they are and outcomes would be...
Planning for outdoor cold weather activity: What you may not know
Pandemic or not, we all need to be exercising. It’s good for the mind and the body. Kelly Dinardo reports for the New York Times on what you might not know about staying warm and exercising...
Biden administration acts to ensure people with disabilities...
The Trump administration worked hard to destroy Social Security every which way it could. Among other things, it made it extraordinarily difficult for people to get the Social Security benefits to...
Several states plan to import drugs from Canada
With drug prices in the US now substantially more than twice as much as in other countries, Donald Trump issued an executive order in his final days as president allowing states to import many drugs...
Big hospital systems buying up public hospitals
Among other problems with for-profit health systems is that even when they work today, tomorrow is not likely to bode well for patients. The good hospitals that spend money to deliver high-value care...
Health care: Where’s the data?
If we’ve learned anything during this novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s that the data matters. We need data to know what’s working and not working in our health care system, and how...
Trump pardons several Medicare fraudsters
Fred Schulte of Kaiser Health News reports that Donald Trump, on his way out of office, granted pardons or commutations to several Medicare fraudsters. Many of these convicts were serving long jail...
Debt among older Americans increasing in good part because of...
More older Americans are facing debt now than 20 years ago, reports the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI). And the size of their debt is twice what it has been. One principal reason: Health...
Coronavirus: Americans travel abroad for medical care
Right now, in the midst of the novel coronavirus, medical tourism is not what it used to be. But, Americans are still desperately in need of treatment that they cannot afford in the US. Many have no...