Data from the American Dental Association reveals that emergency room visits for dental care more than doubled in the 12 years between 2000 and 2012, according to USA Today. Largely because neither...
Diane Archer
Hospital prices out of control, competition not working
If there ever were evidence that competition does not work to drive down prices in the health care marketplace, look at the hospitals. A new report in Health Affairs by Gerard Anderson and Ge Bai...
Eight things you should know about the Affordable Care Act
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), 16.4 million more people in the United States have health insurance, though 13.2 percent of the population is still uninsured. Here’s eight other...
Drug and device companies paid $6.5 billion to doctors and...
The latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services show that drug and device companies paid just shy of $6.5 billion to doctors and hospitals in 2014, the first full year for which...
Medicare is the solution to out of control health care costs...
In a new two-minute video for MoveOn, Robert Reich makes the case for why Medicare is part of the solution to fixing our economy. We should be expanding it and offering it to everyone in America...
ACA repeal would drive deficit up more than $100 billion, leave...
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that if Congress were to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) effective January 1, 2016, deficits would grow between 2016 and 2025 by $137...
What if you could get hospital care at home?
The Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health have developed an innovative care model that allows qualified patients with particular conditions to check into their own bed for their...
Making medical decisions for someone you love: Your rights
You shouldn’t have to pull strings to be able to make medical decisions on behalf of the people you love if they are unable to make them for themselves. And, it should be easy if you’ve been...
576,000 Americans with annual drug bills over $50,000 in 2014
How much is too much to expect Americans to pay for prescription drugs? Unlike just about every other country, which negotiate drug prices, in the United States, Congress permits drug companies to...
Social Security a godsend for millions of older adults with no...
A new report by the Government Accountability Office reveals that Social Security provides critical financial support in retirement. As it is, most adults 55 and older have no retirement savings...