Last month, Senator Elizabeth Warren, along with six other Democratic Senators, sent a letter to Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom President-elect Donald Trump has named as Administrator-Designate, Centers for...
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Pharmacy middlemen are responsible for hundreds of pharmacy...
Benjamin Jolley writes for substack on how the big insurers are deploying their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to decimate independent pharmacies. This year alone 2,275 pharmacies have closed to...
New physician survey finds prior authorization harms cancer...
Here’s yet another reason to opt for traditional Medicare over insurer-run Medicare Advantage plans. A new survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) finds that...
Americans are not getting their money’s worth from our...
Elon Musk, the billionaire whom Trump has nominated to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in his administration, asked on X why Americans are not getting their money’s worth...
Older adults living alone need not plan ahead alone
Who would pay your bills or oversee your health care if you were unable to do so? Who has access to your bank account? Do you have a plan? Resources and programs abound to help older adults living...
Poll: Few Americans are happy with health care quality
Who could possibly be happy with the quality of care in the United States? Almost no one. A recent Gallup poll should raise alarm bells. The cost of health insurance is insane. Insurer restrictions...
Americans are extremely angry about US health care
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, has revealed extraordinary anger among Americans over our health care system. Will Congress finally act to guarantee people access to needed care...
More than 4 in 10 Americans face cost barriers to care
At any given time, about 10 percent of Americans are responsible for 70 percent of health care spending. Since anyone can be hit by a car or diagnosed with cancer tomorrow, you could be among that...
Will the Trump administration support Medicare coverage of...
Among his final acts as President of the United States, Joe Biden proposed Medicare coverage of Ozempic for obese individuals. It will be up to the Trump administration to decide whether to finalize...
Proposed Medicare Advantage rule aims to limit bad insurer...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare, proposed a new rule intended to limit some of the many insurance company bad acts, reports Rebecca Pifer for...