GLP-1 drugs for weight loss continue to cost a pretty penny. For that reason, Medicare does not yet cover them. But, The Guardian reports that the Trump administration recently announced that...
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Can’t afford dental care in the US? Consider visiting Los...
Burkhard Bilger reports for The New Yorker that, each morning, more than 1,000 Americans walk, bike or drive, passport in hand, across the US border to Mexico in order to get the dental care they...
Tech solutions to help prevent you from falling
If you’re over 65, you have a high risk of falling and ending up with a fracture, in hospital and, sometimes, with a disability. More than 25 percent of older adults fall each year, and falls...
Have Medicare Part D? Prepare to see your drug costs rise...
Anna Wilde Matthews reports for the Wall Street Journal that older adults should expect to see their prescription drug costs rise significantly in 2026. If you’re in traditional Medicare, your...
UnitedHealth misleads public about Medicare Advantage through...
Earlier this year, a study published in JAMA Network about Medicare Advantage was based on biased research, research that UnitedHealth’s Optum subsidiary paid for. StatNews reports on the bias...
Early to bed means a more active lifestyle
New research out of Monash University in Australia finds that people who go to bed earlier tend to have a more active lifestyle, reports MedXpress. The research, which looked at the amount of sleep...
Trump asks drug companies to lower prices for Medicaid drugs, or...
In a letter to CEOs at 17 large pharmaceutical companies, President Trump asked them to lower their prices for Medicaid drugs to match what their companies charge other wealthy countries. If they do...
How Ohio saved tens of millions by cutting the pharmacy...
The state of Ohio successfully demonstrated that taking for-profit drug middlemen out of Medicaid saves tens of millions of dollars a year. A new Ohio report shows that the state and its pharmacies...
Some states make it harder for private equity firms to buy...
Private equity firms are buying up our health care system piece by piece–hospitals, nursing homes, hospice agencies, emergency rooms, specialty practices and more. Health care costs are rising...
UnitedHealth will cut Medicare Advantage plans covering 600,000...
UnitedHealth is rethinking its Medicare Advantage strategy. To maximize profits, it is ending its Medicare Advantage plans in certain communities and narrowing the number of PPOs it offers. Six...