The Justice Department’s health-care fraud unit is investigating UnitedHealth for Medicare Advantage fraud, reports the Wall Street Journal. UnitedHealth denies knowledge of the investigation...
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Republican Josh Hawley argues against Medicaid cuts
As Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri argues in a New York Times op-ed, Republicans in Congress are putting forward a reconciliation package that ignores working people and speaks “only for the C...
2025: Access to mental health care worsens
It’s not unusual for health insurance to cover $11 on a $125 mental health visit, reports O. Rose Broderick for StatNews. It doesn’t matter that the patient suffers from deep depression...
Medicare Advantage costs likely to increase significantly
Andrew Witty just stepped down as CEO of UnitedHealth. UnitedHealth’s stock price has dropped 40 percent in the last few months. Now, Allison Bell reports for Think Advisor that financial...
Will new Trump executive order lower drug prices?
Yesterday, President Trump announced that he would sign an executive order lowering prescription drug prices by more than half, with the goal of ensuring Americans pay the same prices for their drugs...
A low-cost path to a longer life
What’s a low-cost path to a longer life? Mohana Ravindranath reports for the New York Times reports on what the experts advise, and the answer is clear: Skip the expensive memberships and other...
How long can you stand on one leg with your eyes closed?
Rae Witte reports for National Geographic on the importance of being able to stand on one leg with your eyes closed for at least 10 seconds as you age. Put differently, you might have a health...
Medicare Advantage doesn’t work for rural Americans
Rural Americans with Medicare are in a bind. Too often, they cannot afford the high cost of supplemental coverage that limits out-of-pocket costs in traditional Medicare. And Medicare Advantage HMOs...
Trump could easily end high drug costs
In an op-ed for MarketWatch, Brett Arends explains that President Trump names the wrong culprit when it comes to prescription drug prices in America. The problem is not that pharmaceutical companies...
Vast majority of Americans don’t understand their health...
A new health literacy study finds that just 20 percent of people with health insurance through their employers feel they understand their coverage, reports Alan Goforth for BenefitsPro. While the...