A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projects a doctor shortage over the next ten years of between 61,700 and 94,700, with a primary care doctor shortage of between...
Diane Archer
STDs and safe sex in later life
Older people need to worry about safe sex as much as anyone else. No matter how old you are, if you or or your partner has multiple sexual partners, you are at risk of getting sexually-transmitted...
New White House rules help promote retirement security, but you...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Labor Department finalized rules for financial advisers regarding retirement investments, which are intended to promote retirement security in America. The rules impose...
Help spot depression in the men you love
According to the National Institute for Mental Health, six million men in the U.S. are depressed. But, men are half as likely as women to seek help for their depression or any mental health problem...
What’s the Medicare Part B premium in 2016?
Until recently, the Medicare Part B premium (medical insurance) was the same for everyone regardless of income, geography or health status, a quarter of the cost of Part B services. (Medicare Part A...
What becomes of Medicare and Medicaid after the presidential...
In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Drew Altman, president of the Kaiser Family Foundation discusses the possible consequences of House Speaker Paul Ryan choosing not to run for...
Penalties on drug companies for fraud shrinking
A new Public Citizen report, 25 Years of Pharmaceutical Industry Criminal and Civil Penalties, 1991-2015, reveals that over the last 25 years government has been reducing the penalties it imposes on...
Internists urge government to negotiate drug prices
The American College of Physicians, a trade association of doctors in internal medicine, joins the majority of the public, along with a growing chorus of doctors and other influentials in calling for...
Medicare Part D drug costs rising
The private Medicare plan bait and switch continues. It wasn’t that long ago that copays in private plans were reasonable, affordable even, without Medicare supplemental insurance to pick up...
If your doctor leaves your Medicare Advantage plan mid-year, you...
There are reasons you should not trust your health plan’s provider directory, and you can read about them on Just Care here. One reason is that health plans have the right to change their...