Lauren Weber and Trisha Thadani report for the Washington Post that the government shutdown could mean an end to Medicare telehealth services as well as Medicare coverage of hospital-at-home care...
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Older adults struggle to age in place and get care
Older adults are facing worsening health as a result of limited incomes, challenges getting medical care, and the need to move into nursing and assisted living facilities as they age, reports Paige...
Government will include Medicare Advantage provider info in Plan...
For far too long, insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans have been able to hide the fact their networks are inadequate and mislead prospective and current Medicare Advantage enrollees about the...
Republicans are coming after Medicare
We all know that Republicans have taken a sledgehammer to Medicaid, cutting $1 trillion over the next the years. Republicans also have not extended the premium subsidies for people with low incomes...
Emerging data reveal high ER death rates at private-equity owned...
A Harvard Medical School national study reveals higher patient death rates at private equity-owned US hospitals than at hospitals not private equity-owned, reports Jake Miller. Researchers at...
Progress in treating Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease develops when tiny amyloid-beta plaques build up between neurons in our brains. But, drugs that eliminate or reduce these plaques have not stopped, let alone, reversed, the...
Always appeal your health insurer’s denials; you have a...
Health insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans, corporate health plans, health plans on the state insurance exchanges and elsewhere seem to deny care indiscriminately. Who hasn’t been faced...
Have you gotten your shingles vaccine?
The shingles vaccine can be especially important for older adults. The vaccine blocks the development of painful rashes all over your body. It also has been found to reduce your risk of stroke, heart...
Will drug companies ever stop their misleading ads?
In a New York Times op-ed, Marty Makary MD, head of the Food and Drug Administration, explains the dangers of drug company advertisements. In short, they are misleading and harming millions of...
The immediate and long-term risks of even one alcoholic drink a...
Jillian Wilson writes for the Huffington Post on a new federal study that highlights both the immediate and long-term risks of drinking alcohol. The administration is not publishing the study, though...