The New York Times answered the top Social Security questions from its readers. Question 1. Is Social Security in good financial shape? Social Security is in good financial shape today and at least...
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With Medicare for All, Bernie Sanders moved the Democratic Party...
Osita Nwanevu reports for the New Yorker on how Senator Bernie Sanders has single-handedly moved the Democratic Party left on health care with his vision of Medicare for All. Medicare for All would...
Trump Administration has new plans for Medicare
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to mislead people about their health plan options and steer them into Medicare Advantage plans, the Wall Street Journal reports that...
Major problems with Medicare Plan Finder
Not long ago, advocacy groups called out the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for misleading the public about Medicare Advantage plans–private insurance plans that offer...
Why haven’t Democrats taken on the hospital industry?
David Dayen writes in The American Prospect that Democrats lack the guts to take on the hospital industry. But, Democrats like Senators Sanders and Warren, have plenty of guts and fully appreciate...
KamalaCare leaves health insurers running the show
There’s no question that the American health care system is a crazy quilt that leaves health “insurance companies in charge,” as Senator Kamala Harris appreciates. Unfortunately...
Lifting weights may help you think better
The New York Times reports that a new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology shows that lifting weights may be good for the brain; it could help you think better. In lab rats, weight...
Dangerous side effects from anticholinergic drugs
Judith Graham reports for Kaiser Health News on frequently used over-the-counter and prescription drugs that can turn a right-minded older person into someone who appears to have dementia. Beware...
To strengthen Medicare, it should cover everyone
It’s Medicare’s 54th birthday. And, Luke Thibault writes for Jacobin about Medicare’s strong success as a cost-effective social insurance program, notwithstanding conservative...
Medicare Advantage plans unaccountable for billions in...
Past government audits reveal that Medicare Advantage plans have overcharged the federal government tens of billions of dollars since their inception. Recent government data show that Medicare...