For decades now, nursing homes in the US have failed to provide older residents with a dignified and humane life. Their horrifying response to the COVID-19 pandemic and inability to provide residents...
Diane Archer
Coronavirus: President Trump’s immigration policy leaves...
President Donald Trump’s recent change to US immigration policy is leaving many hospitals short-staffed, reports Dara Lind for ProPublica. Trump’s proclamation of June 22 bars most...
Coronavirus: Should you travel?
Paula Span reports for the New York Times on how older adults are weighing the risks of traveling during the pandemic. Because older adults are more likely to get seriously ill from COVID-19...
Coronavirus: Another reason to stay home, deadly mosquitoes
By now, we all recognize that we will not be able to contain the novel coronavirus effectively until we have a strong public health infrastructure. Kaiser Health News reports that without that strong...
Coronavirus: Blame corporate health insurers for our failure to...
Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive at Cigna, knows first-hand how poorly corporate health insurers ensure that Americans get the care they need. They create all kinds of obstacles to...
Big non-profit hospitals put revenue ahead of social mission
Philip Longman and Udit Thakur write for The Washington Monthly about non-profit hospitals that put revenue ahead of social mission. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) refused to stop...
Coronavirus: Older workers might be forced to retire early
Older adults working in jobs that put them in close contact with others might be forced to retire early as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Miller reports for The New York Times on the...
Fear of Covid-19 should not keep you from getting needed care
For the last four months, in-person medical appointments have been cancelled or postponed. Older adults have missed routine checkups, preventive screenings. They have delayed elective surgeries and...
Private equity succeeding at keeping Congress from ending...
People with Medicare are among the only Americans with health insurance who are spared surprise medical bills. Everyone else lives in fear of going to an in-network hospital and not being able to...
Hospital rates out of control with private health insurance
Hospital rates are out of control for people with private health insurance. Medicare, in sharp contrast to private health insurers, has the power to rein in provider rates for its recipients, even...