Joe Davidson reports for the Washington Post on Trump’s plan for Social Security. And, despite less service and longer waits at Social Security today because Congress has kept it from spending...
Diane Archer
No evidence oral beauty supplements improve skin
A meta-study of research on oral beauty supplements by nutrition scientists at the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) shows no good evidence that oral beauty supplements improve the skin. As with...
What Medicare covers
In order to plan for your care as you get older, it is good to know what Medicare covers and what it does not cover. You can then budget for your out-of-pocket costs. Because Medicare generally does...
Center for American Progress proposes plan to improve and expand...
In a sign that the Clinton-Obama wing of the Democratic party has moved left, last week the Center for American Progress proposed Medicare Extra, universal national health insurance for everyone...
Don’t sign a bank loan in the hospital
Shefali Luthra reports for Kaiser Health News on how unsuspecting patients are signing bank loans in the hospital in order to pay their hospital bills. Some hospitals are partnering with banks as a...
What’s a psychiatric advance directive?
We all need advance directives—living wills and health care proxies that enable us to identify a trusted friend or family member who can help ensure that our care wishes are honored if we cannot...
Are commercial Medicaid and Medicare plans a good taxpayer...
How do we know whether commercial Medicare and Medicaid health plans are a good taxpayer investment? Chad Terhune reports for Kaiser Health News that one non-profit commercial Medicaid health plan...
Medicare covers array of medical equipment and supplies
In addition to covering medical and hospital services, Medicare covers an array of medical equipment and supplies. In order for Medicare to pay for medical equipment, you must need to use it inside...
Amazon plans to reform the marketplace for medical supplies
Amazon appears to be using its enormous power and reach to become a serious player in the multi-billion dollar health care marketplace. According to Bloomberg News, Amazon plans to reform the...
States focus on drug importation as way to rein in drug costs
Shefali Luthra reports for Kaiser Health News that states are looking at drug importation as a way to rein in prescription drug costs and encourage Congress to act to bring down drug prices...