A new study reveals that, for healthy older adults, even a little exercise may strengthen memory. The finding suggests that our brains function better even after a single moderate workout. People who...
Diane Archer
Health insurance deductibles continue to rise
A new Kaiser Peterson analysis shows that health insurance deductibles continue to rise. And, for many people, the consequence is that their health insurance does not provide coverage until later and...
Congress should level the playing field between traditional...
To protect people with Medicare and give them meaningful choice, Congress needs to level the playing field between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Unless traditional Medicare and...
Pfizer, Teva and other generic drugmakers charged with illegally...
The New York Times reports that forty-four states filed a lawsuit against Teva, Pfizer, Novartis, Mylan and several other generic pharmaceutical companies for illegally conspiring to drive up generic...
How safe are generic drugs?
An op-ed by Katherine Eban in The New York Times exposes the FDA’s lax regulatory oversight of generic drug manufacturing. It makes a compelling case that generic drugs that are manufactured...
Schedule your doctor’s appointment early in the day
In 2011, a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that judges are more lenient on defendants early in the morning and immediately after lunch. They are less tired...
Medicare Medical Savings Accounts could cost you thousands
If you’re thinking about signing up for a Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) plan, you might want to think again. A Medicare MSA plan–sometimes called a high-deductible health...
Can we regulate health insurers to do right by Americans?
As the debate over the future of health care in America rages on, some posit that the solution to controlling costs and guaranteeing health care to all lies with better regulating commercial health...
House Rules Committee holds first Medicare for all hearing
On Tuesday, April 3o, the US House of Representatives House Rules Committee held the first ever Congressional hearing on Medicare for all. The panel of speakers spoke largely to the costs of Medicare...
CBO report lays out a framework for thinking about Medicare for...
On Wednesday, May 1, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Medicare for All. The report looks at the many factors at play if the US were to transition to Medicare for all. Rather...