As of Saturday June 8, many people in the US will pay $35 a month out of pocket for their asthma medications, reports NBC News. AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim have agreed to limit people’s...
Diane Archer
If Medicare Advantage can’t offer adequate provider...
People who need health care in Medicare Advantage too often find that the provider directories they rely on when choosing a Medicare Advantage plan are inaccurate. The Senate Finance Committee is...
Food prices are soaring as are profits at Walmart and other big...
If you spend any time at the grocery store, you can’t help but notice that prices are going up and up and up. The big corporations, like Pepsi and General Mills, say it’s all about supply chain...
What we don’t know about Medicare Advantage
[Editor’s note: The following is the response to a request for information about Medicare Advantage data gaps by the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services, from a coalescence of grassroots...
Dental crisis in the US: 20 percent of Americans have lost their...
One in five older adults in the US have lost their teeth. There is a dental care crisis. Jessica Glenza interviews Bernie Sanders for her piece in the Guardian on the need to improve dental care as...
Watch your feet!
Do your feet hurt? For eight in ten Americans, the answer is yes. Don’t let foot aches stop you from your daily activities. Check your feet every day. Jancee Dunn reports for the New York Times...
Five ways to stay fit, mentally active and purposeful
If you focus on birthdays, we are all getting older. But, many of us who may be “getting up there” in age find ways to stay young at heart–fit, mentally active, and purposeful. Here are...
UnitedHealth claims enrollees cannot challenge inappropriate...
Several months ago, Stat News exposed a common practice at UnitedHealth care and other big insurers: Large numbers of Medicare coverage denials through the use of AI. Bob Herman now reports for...
Consume olive oil, stave off dementia
The latest research on the benefits of olive oil finds that women who consume as little as a half tablespoon of olive oil each day have a significantly lower risk of dementia, reports Judy George for...
Want surgery? Some hospitals make you pay upfront
Melanie Evans reports for the Wall Street Journal on the rise of hospitals requiring patients to pay upfront for their surgery. In one case, a hospital wanted $2,000 from a patient’s mother...