A new Trump administration Medicare Advantage rule will make it easier for Medicare Advantage plans to receive high star ratings, resulting in more money to them. The final rule does nothing to help...
Diane Archer
French government guarantees low-cost health care; US relies on...
The Conversation explains France’s national health care system and how it compares to health care in the United States. The French system is especially generous and comprehensive because the...
New cholesterol guidelines focus on long-term risks
Heart disease is the health condition with the highest mortality rate. It is a chronic disease often caused by high cholesterol. The American College of Cardiology and other medical organizations now...
Medicare for All reemerges as the smartest way to guarantee...
Let’s accept that there is no perfect policy solution for improving our health care system, such as it is. The question becomes which health care system is better designed to guarantee good...
Some doctors charge patients for prior authorization
Insurers are imposing huge administrative burdens on physicians, costing them time and money. Securing prior authorization from insurers is particularly costly. Some physicians are now shifting these...
One-third of drugs on TrumpRx cost more than in UK
Although President Trump pledged to bring down drug prices in the US to a level no higher than other wealthy countries, about one third of drugs on TrumpRx cost more than in the United Kingdom...
Hospitals are charging rates many times above Medicare
HospitalWatch just released a report showing how hospitals in the US are charging people with employer coverage many times more than Medicare for the same services. Hospitals’ profit margins...
A healthy thymus likely means a longer life
New research out of Harvard reveals that our thymus, long ignored as a valuable organ, plays a significant role in our health status and longevity, reports the Harvard Gazette. While the thymus has...
Health care costs are forcing Americans to forgo basic...
Paying for basic necessities has become increasingly challenging for millions of Americans. A new Gallup poll finds that the cost of groceries, electricity, gas and health care is forcing Americans...
Overpayments in Medicare Advantage drive up Part B premiums
For more than a decade now, our federal government has paid Medicare Advantage insurers tens of billions of dollars more than it spends on people in Traditional Medicare. Those additional dollars...