The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has been taking on major enforcement activities to protect people with Medicare and others from health care fraud, something that the Centers for Medicare and...
Diane Archer
New poll confirms serious access to care concerns in Medicare...
While all insurers offering Medicare Advantage (MA) profit more the less care they deliver, every Medicare Advantage plan is different; we should not generalize about them. We know that access to...
Billions in Medicare savings from Medicare drug price...
A new report from Nicole Rapfogel at the Center for American Progress (CAP) finds that the Inflation Reduction Act’s provision allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices for its highest cost drugs...
Oregon moves toward restricting private equity from owning...
Most states have laws prohibiting corporate interference in the practice of medicine. But, corporations and private equity firms have been getting around these laws, buying up primary care and...
Tips for a healthy brain
Everyone wants a healthy brain, a brain that functions well. Ayana Underwood, a neurologist, writes for Self on what people can do for the health of their brain. The National Institute on Aging also...
Have A-fib? Here’s what you can do
More than two million adults in the US have atrial-fibrillation or A-fib, according to the National Institute on Health. Scientific American pegs the number of people with A-fib much higher at one...
2024: How much should you save to cover health care costs in...
Medora Lee writes for USA Today on escalating health care costs in retirement and how much you should be saving. Understandably, what you should be saving is often out of sync with what you are able...
Corporate health insurers generate sizeable profits covering...
Corporate health insurers are generating sizeable profits covering care for people with Medicare and Medicaid, sometimes called “dual-eligibles,” reports Caitlin Owens for Axios. The...
CMS should not be hiding Medicare and Medicaid data
Researchers are up in arms against a plan to restrict access to Medicare and Medicaid data by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS plan...
Plan ahead: Who will pay your bills if you cannot
If you’re like most people, you are going through life doing your best to manage your bills, without thinking about who will pay them on your behalf if you are not able to. But, the last thing...