The 2020 standard monthly Medicare Part B premium, which covers medical and outpatient care, rises to $144.60. It represents a monthly increase of $9.10, from $135.50 this year, for people with...
Diane Archer
How should we address drug shortages?
It’s hard to believe, but some prescription drugs are hard to come by. A new federal report by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attributes these drug shortages to a combination of low...
Health insurers in Germany help prevent opioid crisis
Shefali Luthra reports for Kaiser Health News on how health insurers in Germany have helped prevent an opioid crisis there. How? They require doctors to prescribe alternate treatments before...
Warren’s health care financing plan puts health care costs...
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s health care financing plan puts health care costs back in people’s pockets. It guarantees Americans the ability to see the doctors and get the care we want...
Berwick: Medicare for All lowers costs and reduces confusion and...
How do we keep Americans from dying for lack of health care? That’s the question every policymaker and pundit should be asking, along with which health care reform proposals will best prolong...
People with Medicare still spend an average of $5,500 on health...
Medicare is a blessing for people over 65 and people with disabilities. But, it only covers about half of a typical person’s health care costs. A new Kaiser Family Foundation study finds that...
Don’t let the hospital keep you in bed if you’re...
Don’t let the hospital keep you in bed if you’re able to walk. Even if you’re only in the hospital a few days, it’s critical to move around. If you remain bed-bound, you could...
Lowering drug prices will not affect innovation
Peter Bach, a physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, explains in Bloomberg News that lowering drug prices will not affect drug innovation in a meaningful way. We will still find cures...
Medicare for All lowers taxes for most Americans
Emanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, economics professors at UC Berkeley, report in The Guardian that Medicare for All–a public health insurance program, which Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth...
Do you need care? Why should your health insurer decide
In a Washington Post op-ed, William E. Bennett Jr., a gastroenterologist and associate professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, makes the case that health insurers should...