Jancee Dunn reports for the New York Times on how to prepare for an at-home emergency. When the ambulance arrives, in many instances, speed can be life-saving. If you or someone you love has suffered...
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Why can’t people know their health care costs before...
Health care should not be a commodity; it should be a right. But, so long as our country treats health care like a commodity, people should be able to know what they’ll be charged before...
Housekeeping is good for healthy aging, especially if you...
New research from the Nurses’ Health Study, reported in JAMA, offers some hope for those of us who are not inclined to spend a lot of time exercising. The good news, reports Alvin Powell for...
Voters overwhelmingly support adding dental benefits to Medicare
Voters overwhelmingly support adding dental benefits to Medicare, reports BusinessWire. But, will Congress ever do so? Dentists are a big obstacle to receiving dental care as are the costs of dental...
Dr. Oz’s heart valve: A cautionary tale about medical...
Dr. Oz proudly endorses an implantable heart valve that he had a role in inventing, which won FDA approval in 2013. Yet, David Hilzenrath and Holly Hacker report for KFF Health News that the valve...
Older adults are extremely worried about affording health care
Older adults are extremely worried about affording their health care, concerned they will not be able to pay for the care they need, reports Judith Graham for KFF Health News. Health care...
Wall Street Journal exposes how insurers game Medicare...
Christopher Weaver and others report for The Wall Street Journal on how Medicare Advantage insurers game the payment system. They reap tens of billions of additional dollars each year through false...
Medicare Advantage provides huge gross margins to insurers
Page Minemeyer reports for Fiercehealthcare on a new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis finding that insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans had the highest gross margins. Medicare Advantage...
What’s more dangerous than dozens of insurers offering...
Hayden Rooke-Ley et al. write in the The New England Journal of Medicine about the dangers of a corporate health insurer takeover of Medicare. Medicare Advantage, which is administered by corporate...
Are weight-loss drugs cost effective?
Millions of Americans now take weight-loss drugs, some as a treatment for diabetes but, increasingly, simply to lose weight. A new study funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association suggests...