Americans are increasingly turning to AI for help handling relationships and other challenging situations, as a no-cost alternative to a professional therapist. They value the feedback and are...
Diane Archer
Increasingly, doctors sue patients who don’t pay their bills
Hospitals have eased off suing their patients who don’t pay their bills, after facing public humiliation for the harm they were causing their patients. But, doctors, ambulance companies and...
Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities...
Jordan Rau reports for KFF News on how real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities and, sometimes, depriving residents of needed care, in order to boost profits. Because federal law...
President Trump takes on health care fraud, pardoning 15 health...
Since he took office in 2025, President Trump has pardoned 15 health care fraudsters, reports Protect Our Care in a new report. These individuals, be they owners of health care businesses...
Community health workers provide hands on support to vulnerable...
Across the country, a corps of community health workers provide hands-on support to vulnerable older adults in their homes. Many of these adults are isolated, unable to travel, and at serious risk if...
Optimism reduces risk of dementia
A new study of more than 9,000 older adults, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, out of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, finds that older people who are more...
Poll: Six in ten Americans worry about how they will get the...
A new Gallup poll finds that, of all domestic issues, Americans are most worried about getting the health care they need. More than six in ten (61 percent) worry “a great deal” about...
Poll: More than 10 million people with Medicare very worried...
About two in three adults in the US take prescription drugs. And, nearly one in three take four or more prescription drugs. As drug prices rise, even with Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage...
Could virtual reality address social isolation among older...
Charley Locke reports for the New York Times on how virtual reality can take people to places they’d only ever dreamed of visiting. And, it can take communities of people on the same journey...
Trump’s “deals” with drugmakers result in...
Senator Bernie Sanders, the ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, just released a report showing that Trump’s drug pricing deals have only led to higher...