Today, hundreds of corporate health insurers offer thousands of health plans and treat much of their data on the care they cover and patient outcomes as proprietary. They have a powerful incentive to...
Diane Archer
Seven reasons private health insurance can’t be fixed
Private health insurance can’t be fixed. It’s insanely expensive and getting more so with each passing year. Private health insurers are either unable or unwilling to bring down costs...
Corporate health insurance is killing hospitals
Corporate health insurance is killing hospitals. Increasingly, people can’t afford it and go uninsured. Insurers deny, delay and downgrade reimbursements to hospitals. And, insured Americans...
Trump administration makes it easier for Medicare Advantage...
In an effort to ease regulations on insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans, the Trump administration has made it easier for Medicare Advantage insurers to mislead enrollees through insurance...
If you’re over 70 and have trouble walking, talk to your doctor
As we age, we tend to walk more slowly. By the time we are 80, our gait can change dramatically. But, not all gait changes are part of normal aging; we should see a physician to determine whether...
The possible anti-cancer benefits of Ozempic and other GLP-1...
Just when you might have thought that the myriad benefits of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs was understood, the medical research community has locked onto yet another: Better health outcomes for...
Worm experiments reveal how we might live longer
Karen Feldsher writes for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on how we can age healthier, based on new research. In short, behavior changes, dietary changes, medications, and more, can...
Senate Democrats call for affordable home care and long-term care
Most people don’t appreciate that Medicare does not cover long-term care and only covers limited home care and nursing home care. Senate Democrats just released a plan to change that. It would...
Supreme Court won’t entertain Pharma’s lawsuit against...
Last week, six pharmaceutical companies lost their fight to stop the government from negotiating drug prices for people with Medicare. The lawsuit against the federal government ended at the Supreme...
The many disadvantages of Medicare Advantage
Aaron Carroll writes for Academy Health on how Medicare Advantage has succeeded in attracting lots of enrollees but failed in lowering costs, coordinating care and saving the government money...