Most Americans respect doctors. Still, racism and sexism in medicine is not uncommon. John Oliver explores this topic in Last Week Tonight. Biases in medicine, as in every profession, abound. In...
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Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers more than traditional Medicare
If you look at the data, the private health insurance industry has not succeeded at innovating to rein in Medicare spending through the Medicare Advantage program. A new paper on the Health Affairs...
Hospital rating systems are all flawed
You should choose your hospital carefully, but do not rely on a hospital rating system. A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that all hospital rating systems are flawed. While the...
Medicare could have saved billions had enrollees used more...
Stat reports on new findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine revealing that Medicare and older adults would have saved billions had more people used generic drugs instead of brand-name drugs. Why...
Bi-partisan Senate drug bill would lower price of new drugs
The public wants Congress to bring down prescription drug costs, and Congress appears to be taking this issue seriously. A bi-partisan Senate drug bill would lower the price of new prescription drugs...
Medicare for All benefits union members
Vice President Joe Biden is wrong. Medicare for All benefits union members. Instead of their negotiated health care benefits, with Medicare for All, union members would have improved health care...
Medicare for All would give Americans more disposable income
Most Americans do not have enough savings to carry them through retirement. In large part, that’s because the rising costs of employer health coverage has kept wages down, preventing people...
Older adults will play a big role in 2020 presidential election
Older adults represent a large and increasingly larger voting bloc. They will play a big role in the 2020 presidential election. In 2016, they voted for President Trump. But, the Wall Street Journal...
Without pensions, more people rely on Social Security
Axios reports that, increasingly, companies are doing away with pensions. As a result, younger adults are unlikely to have pensions, putting their retirement security at risk. Most probably, they...
Top Social Security questions and answers
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...