Medical debt is already a challenge for tens of millions of Americans. The Republicans’ reconciliation bills in the House and Senate would only exacerbate that challenge. We could know before...
Diane Archer
Want to lose weight? Try intermittent fasting
A little more than a year ago, I wrote a post about research revealing that monkeys fasting intermittently were likely to live longer. Whether what’s true for monkeys is true for people is...
Why exercise in the water?
Exercising in the water is good for sore muscles, joints and bodies. It’s especially good for your mental and physical health post-surgery, when you are least likely to have any desire to...
A new strain of Covid can cause “razor blade throat”
Around the world, a new strain of Covid-19 is causing painful sore throats. In just a couple of months, “razor blade throat” Covid is on the rise in the US, reports Devi Shastri for AP...
Who believes that insurers will voluntarily improve the prior...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times on health insurers’ voluntary pledge to improve the prior authorization process for working people, as well as people with Medicare and Medicaid...
2025: Planning for health care costs in retirement
In a Wall Street Journal podcast, Gail Marks Jarvis explains why it’s so hard to prepare for your health care costs in retirement. But, there are ways to keep retirement costs down. At 65...
Senate Republicans on Finance Committee pass even deadlier...
As I’ve written, the House Republicans passed a reconciliation bill which, among other things, imposes deadly cuts to Medicaid and ends premium subsidies for people with low incomes in the state...
Proposed Medicaid cuts imperil access to hospital care for all...
Hundreds of hospitals have negative operating margins and will not survive Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts: Rural hospitals are at particular risk: “61% of rural hospitals have a...
RFK Jr. fires every expert on CDC committee that approves...
Concern is deepening about RFK Jr.’s acts to mislead Americans about vaccine safety. Last week, RFK Jr. fired the entire panel of 17 medical and scientific experts who serve as members of the...
Proposed Medicaid cuts would mean benefit cuts for 1.4 million...
The House reconciliation bill, if enacted into law, would not only mean major cuts to Medicaid; it would also mean significant cuts to Medicare. More than 12 million people with Medicare are enrolled...