In a Washington Post op-ed, Wendell Potter, president of the Center for Health and Democracy and a former Cigna executive, explains that his job at Cigna was to spread lies to Americans about health...
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Coronavirus: Second-quarter profits double for big health...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times that second-quarter profits doubled for big health insurers from the same period in 2019. The Affordable Care Act imposes a limit on the profit that health...
Coronavirus: Without Congressional action, many more older...
A new report by The New School’s Retirement Equity Lab finds that more than half of older workers may be forced to retire involuntarily as a result of the novel coronavirus. In June, the...
Coronavirus: Wearing a mask helps you
We’ve been told over and over again that we need to wear a mask when we are around others in order to keep us from spreading the novel coronavirus if we have it. We have heard less about how we...
Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force recommends incremental health...
The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force recently released its recommendations for health care reform. Unfortunately, the three Sanders’ appointees on the health care task force were not able to move...
At 55, Medicare is going strong, at least for now
On July 30, Medicare turned 55. Notwithstanding myriad attempts by conservatives to destroy it, Medicare continues to withstand the test of time. Medicare offers health and financial security to more...
Can you protect nursing home residents in a profit-driven system?
A story in The Guardian about corporate entities that buy up nursing homes, with the goal of squeezing as much profit out of them as possible and no regard for their residents, speaks volumes about...
Coronavirus: Disease groups lose research funding
Stat News reports that disease organizations have lost a significant amount of their research funding since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Americans rely on disease groups to...
Coronavirus: Life for older adults after a vaccine
Bruce Horovitz reports for Kaiser Health News on what life is likely to be like for older adults once there is a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and the pandemic is behind us. Hint: It probably...
Coronavirus: Republican stimulus bill opens the door to Social...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is responding to the coronavirus pandemic with the HEALS Act, legislation that is designed, among other things, to cut Social Security and Medicare. To...