Responding to a piece in The Nation, Margaret Flowers explains explains improved Medicare for all and why we need it in Nationofchange.org. Improved Medicare for all, detailed in U.S. House bill 676...
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Health care spending: The US v. The rest of the world
NPR’s Goats and Soda reports on two recent studies published in The Lancet, which reveal that per person health care spending in the U.S. continues to far exceed the rest of the world. And...
Why you should ask your loved ones about end of life care
Few of us think to ask loved ones about their end-of-life preferences. We may assume that the people we love don’t want to discuss these issues. But, it’s important that we understand and...
Hundreds of new drugs are harmful or ineffective
Contrary to what most of us may believe, drugs that are FDA-approved may be unsafe and even dangerous in a range of ways. A Health Affairs article by Donald Light explains why hundreds of new...
No projected 2018 increase in standard Medicare premium
[Editor’s note: Medicare 2018 premium information released, November 20, 2017.] The July annual report of the Medicare Trustees to Congress on the financial state of the program shows no...
Poor health coverage hurts U.S. living standards
Poor health coverage, among other factors, hurts U.S. living standards. While it’s true that the U.S. economy is expanding and the unemployment rate is low, household incomes have not grown for...
Long-term care insurance likely won’t deliver what you need
You may already know that seven in ten of us will eventually need some type of long-term care services and supports. But, you may not know that most people today receive that care at home and not in...
High drug prices in U.S. unrelated to lower prices abroad
A recent blog post on Health Affairs by Donald Light makes a compelling case that drug prices in other developed countries are generating profits for Pharma and that Pharma would continue its...
UnitedHealth charged with enrollment fraud
Fred Schulte of Kaiser Health News reports that UnitedHealth, the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans–commercial insurers expected to deliver Medicare benefits–has been hiding...
For some generics, little competition, big price hikes
Americans are taking a lot more generic drugs today than ever before. And, for the most part, they are spending a lot less for these generics than for their brand-name alternatives. But, market...