Recently, UnitedHealth’s stock price dropped more than 22 percent, the most it has dropped in 25-plus years. The corporation’s stated reason was that enrollees are using more care. But...
Diane Archer
Federal cuts to Medicaid will have devastating consequences for...
About 12 million older adults and people with disabilities are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. For most services, Medicare is the primary payer and Medicaid secondary. For services that...
When your doctors leave your Medicare HMO, will the government...
If you opt for an insurer-run Medicare Advantage HMO over government-run traditional Medicare, be prepared for your treating physicians and hospital to leave the HMO’s network. As Susan Jaffe...
Fun ways to find happiness
As I see it, happiness and optimism go hand in hand. And, optimism is one key to a long life, according to many experts. So, I wanted to share some innovative thoughts from a recent article in The...
Trump’s executive order on prescription drugs does not...
A new Arnold Ventures poll finds that nearly nine out of 10 voters believe the government should have the power to negotiate prescription drug prices. And, more than 75 percent say that it is very...
Daily GLP-1 pill could work as well as Ozempic
Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata report for the New York Times that a new pill to be taken each day could do as much to lower blood sugar and help with weight loss as Ozempic and Mounjaro, injectable...
Funding cuts put community health centers at risk
Thousands of federally-funded community health centers throughout the country deliver free and low-cost outpatient services to tens of millions of uninsured and lower-income Americans each year...
Attention mounts on Medicare Advantage fraud and abuse
More Democrats and Republicans in Congress are speaking out and raising alarms about Medicare Advantage. If Republicans need to find savings to pay for their tax cuts, they need look no further than...
Poll: Costs remain a major barrier to care
When you’re looking at people’s opinions about health care, it’s important to keep in mind that 85 percent of adults in the US say that their health is good or better than good. These...
When will Medicare stop letting Part D insurers drive up drug...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services, which oversees Medicare, now has authority to negotiate prescription drug prices for some Part D drugs each year. But, Christen Linke Young writes for...