A new GAO report, based on a Survey of Consumer Finances from 2017, finds that nearly half of all households headed by someone 55 or older in the US have no retirement savings. Most households have...
Diane Archer
Will over-the-counter hearing aids help people with Medicare?
Medicare does not cover hearing aids. But, more than 20 million people with Medicare suffer from hearing loss. Most of them cannot afford to go to the audiologist and buy hearing aids out of pocket...
People with Medicare and Medicaid in Special Needs Plans at...
A paper in Health Affairs by Marc A. Cohen et al. explains that people with Medicare and Medicaid, “dual-eligibles,” enrolled in commercial Medicare Special Needs Plans, a type of...
Medicare for America helps commercial health insurers
Dylan Dusseault, Executive Director of Business Initiative for Health Policy, explains that presidential candidates Beto O’Rourke and Kirsten Gillibrand are helping out commercial health...
How high will health care prices go?
The incentives are aligned among health care providers and insurers–they all prosper when provider rates rise. Not surprisingly, doctor and hospital rates have risen significantly over the last...
Medicare for All benefits business and the economy
Medicare for All reins in national health care spending and guarantees health care as a right to all Americans. It eliminates health insurance premiums, deductibles and coinsurance, ensuring everyone...
Can eating more mushrooms prevent cognitive decline?
There are hundreds of studies on the benefits of different foods and vitamins for your heart, your brain, your muscles and more. More often than not, these studies recommend eating more green leafy...
Keeping mentally and physically healthy and engaged may prevent...
A 2017 study by a worldwide team of dementia experts, published in Lancet, lays out the latest research findings on dementia, and the news is better than you might expect. There are a range of proven...
Overpriced health care too often means bankruptcy
When Americans get sick these days, many hesitate to take an ambulance to the ER. Even with insurance, the costs can be several thousand dollars. Overpriced health care too often means bankruptcy...
Trump budget proposal slashes Medicare, Medicaid and Social...
Last Monday, Trump released his 2020 budget proposal. In it, he calls for slashing Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid, breaking his campaign promise not to hurt these programs. If passed, his...