Helaine Olen asks in a Washington Post opinion piece how it is that we can be in a pandemic and not talking about Medicare for All? After all, pre-coronavirus, the media and the pundits could not...
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How would lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 help?
Vice-President Joe Biden recently advocated for lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 in order to help older workers. In a JAMA opinion piece, Zirui Song, MD, looks at how lowering the Medicare...
Coronavirus: Older adults take full advantage of Medicare...
Medicare began covering a broad array of telehealth services during this coronavirus pandemic. And, older adults and people with disabilities are taking full advantage of this new benefit, reports...
Will we see an end to surprise medical bills?
Doctors and other health care providers are billing unsuspecting patients ever increasing amounts for out-of-network care. A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute reveals which doctors and...
CVS charged with healthcare fraud
Just a couple of years ago, a whistleblower charged CVS with $1 billion in Medicare drug fraud. Now, CVS has been sued for overcharging Blue Cross Blue Shield for generic drugs. Healthcare Dive...
Coronavirus is making it harder to get long-term care
The financial and emotional toll of caring for older adults has always been enormous. The novel coronavirus pandemic is making it still harder for caregivers attending to older adults living at home...
Coronavirus: For older adults, wearing gloves presents more...
While it is important for everyone to wear a face mask as well as to keep a six foot social distance in public, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not believe the general...
2021 Social Security checks might not increase
Alessandra Malito reports for MarketWatch that people receiving Social Security benefits might not see an increase in their checks in 2021. Any increase is based on the consumer price index (CPI)...
Coronavirus: Sanders’ legislation would pay for...
Last Friday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act which guarantees everyone in the US the ability to get health care without having to pay deductibles...
Coronavirus: Real progress towards vaccine, but it still could...
The New York Times reports that the pharmaceutical company, Moderna, has tested a vaccine for COVID-19 on eight people, and it appears to be safe and effective. To establish that it works, however...