In a post earlier this year, we reported on how dental care is the number one health care service people skimp on. Because Medicare does not cover dental care and dental care can be quite expensive...
Diane Archer
Trump HHS pick is fierce opponent of Medicare and ACA
President-elect Trump‘s choice of Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sends a strong signal that the Trump Administration will be allied with Speaker Paul Ryan...
Taking supplements? You’re at risk for liver damage
There’s plenty of data to suggest that taking vitamin or herbal supplements offers little value if you are otherwise healthy. It’s much better to eat a healthy diet and exercise; it...
Low-cost hearing aids coming to pharmacies
There’s some good news for people struggling to afford hearing aids. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a guidance document that permits the sale of hearing aids without a...
One million “hands off Medicare” petitions delivered...
On Wednesday, Social Security Works, Just Care, and several other organizations delivered more than one million petitions to Congress demanding that it and president-elect Trump keep their hands off...
Drug prices likely to rise in Trump administration
The price of drugs remains out of control, and President-elect Trump has vowed to address high drug prices. But, the Republican Congress is set to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which means that the...
People in many developing countries live longer than poor in U.S.
New research published in the November 17, 2016 American Journal of Public Health confirms that poor people in the U.S. die sooner and are otherwise less healthy than people with higher incomes...
Medicare remains more efficient than private insurance
In September 2011, in a post first published in Health Affairs, I explained why Medicare is more efficient than private insurance. You can read that post, with working links, here. Today, Medicare...
Stress may increase risk of dementia for caregivers
A Johns Hopkins University, Utah State University and Duke University study found that people caring for spouses with dementia are six times more likely to get dementia than people caring for spouses...
Vermont prepares for all-payer health system
Democratic Governor of Vermont, Peter Shumlin, and Republican Governor-elect of Vermont, Phil Scott, both support all-payer rate setting in Vermont. And, unless the Trump administration undoes...