Medicare covers ambulance services when they are medically necessary. Here’s how to ensure Medicare will pay: 1. Be prepared. Identify an ambulance company to use. Confirm with your local...
Diane Archer
Three tips to plan for long-term care
Protection: Because most of us will need long-term services and supports, it’s important to plan ahead for long-term care. If your income is low, Medicaid will pick up the cost of a nursing...
Twice as many women as men over 65 live in poverty
A report by the National Women’s Law Center shows the high prevalence of women over the age of 65 living in poverty. Insecure and Unequal: Poverty Among Women and Families 2000-2012 reveals that...
How can you help someone you love decide when to stop driving?
Getting older does not mean that you cannot continue driving. But, the last thing you want is for people you love to hurt themselves or others. As people age, they can lose mental and physical...
Medicare Advantage plan “prior approval” rules could...
The Medicare Rights Center just released a report illustrating how people with Medicare who are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans can get stuck with huge bills even when they use in-network...
Beware: You can reveal your emotions in a look
A report from the National Academy of Science suggests that facial expressions can reveal compound emotions, emotions beyond mere happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust. In addition...
Sunlight might be the best disinfectant, but it also might...
Here’s why you should wear sunglasses. According to researchers led by Dr. Louis Pasquale of Harvard Medical School, sunlight can increase the chance of “exfoliation syndrome,” which is...
Americans more likely to go without needed care and to struggle...
More than one in three adult Americans (37 percent) surveyed by the Commonwealth Fund in 2013 report skipping care because of the cost. And, more than four in ten Americans (41 percent)—a greater...
How a community is left with no access to hospital services
Watch these videos to understand how a for-profit hospital company can buy out a local community hospital and shortly thereafter leave the community with no access to hospital services. Part...
A skin patch for monitoring your health wirelessly
In the what-will-they-think-of-next department, engineers at the University of Illinois and Northwestern have developed a thin skin patch for monitoring your health that looks almost like a piece of...