As with many sectors of our economy, when it comes to health care you should expect a lot of changes from the Trump administration. And, based on Trump’s recent executive orders, millions of...
Diane Archer
Medicare Advantage insurers are killing rural hospitals and...
Write-Off Warrior, a research and advocacy firm that supports rural health systems, just released “Preyed On: How Insurance Corporations are Bleeding Rural Hospitals and Communities to...
Want to live longer? Genes and lifestyle matter
Dana G. Smith reports for The New York Times on the extent to which you control how long you live. How much does a healthy lifestyle help and how much do your genes determine your fate? For sure, we...
The benefits of walking barefoot at home
Believe it or not, there are benefits to walking barefoot at home. Walking barefoot actually helps build muscular strength in your feet reports Anna Rahmanan for the Huffington Post. Walking barefoot...
2025: Take advantage of the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment...
If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, you should seriously consider taking advantage of the Medicare Advantage open enrollment period between January 1 and March 31 that allows you to switch to...
Oncologists report excessive deaths from prior authorization
A new survey from the American Society of Radiation Oncology illustrates the dangers of prior authorization. Prior authorization kills an “inordinate number” of people and harms others...
Why see a geriatrician?
Today, more than 55 million Americans are over 65. The US has an older population than it has ever had. Sadly, the physician population has not grown to meet the needs of older Americans reports...
How to make America healthy again
Adam Gaffney writes for In These Times about how to make America healthy again: A universal single-payer system. President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress is set to defund many...
The cap on Social Security contributions must go
During the first week of January, billionaires in the US received an early Valentine. They stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of 2025 because they had hit the cap on payroll...
Will UnitedHealth stop denying care inappropriately or simply...
Shareholders at UnitedHealth are proposing that the company study and report publicly on the financial and public health consequences of its policies that lead to delays and denials of health care...