Diane Archer

Medicare Open Enrollment in 2020

Medicare’s 2020 Open Enrollment period begins on October 15 and runs through December 7. If you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, a private health insurance plan that offers Medicare...

Where’s your body fat?

Nicholas Bakalar reports for The New York Times on how extra fat in different parts of your body could affect your life expectancy. With fat in some places, you reduce your life expectancy. With fat...

The Medicare Advantage scam and beyond

Kay Tillow writes for Daily Kos about the “Medicare Advantage scam” and beyond. She explains that these for-profit health plans that deliver Medicare benefits are using stars like Joe...

New nonprofit manufactures low-cost generics

Congress has not done the job it should be doing to ensure adequate supplies of essential medicines, much less fair prices. So, Civica Rx, a nonprofit generic drug company, was established two years...

Coronavirus: Copper kills bacteria quickly

Hospitals have struggled to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus infection inside their facilities. And, shortages of personal protective equipment early on were a grave problem, but they were...

President Trump blows drug deal with Pharma

In the past couple of months, President Trump has issued four executive orders, which he claims could lead to lower prescription drug costs. The proof is in the pudding, and there is none. Now, after...