The FDA recently approved Wegovy, a weight-loss drug, to treat overweight people with heart conditions. Will that mean that more people with Medicare will get their weight-loss drugs covered? Maya...
Diane Archer
People with Medicare spend twice as much on healthcare as other...
People with Medicare spend twice as much on healthcare as other people, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report. On average, people with Medicare spend $7,000 a year or 13.6 percent of...
Some Democrats oppose Biden’s goal of lowering more Medicare...
The Lever reports on a cadre of Democratic Congressmen committed to opposing Biden’s goal of lowering more drug prices for people with Medicare. Not surprisingly, these policymakers happen to be...
What could a better Medicare look like?
A new report from the Center for American Progress focuses on Medicare as a great American success story. Yet, it recognizes that Medicare needs improvements for its long-term sustainability, for...
Important resources for older adults
With the government and public health experts calling for social distancing and, where possible, social isolation, to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it’s important to be aware of free...
Beware of criminals stealing Social Security benefits
Many older adults and people with disabilities rely on Social Security as their sole source of income in retirement. Typically, Social Security deposits their monthly benefit directly into their bank...
Would you want to know the “age” of your heart?
Alex Janin writes for the Wall Street Journal on how, before long, you might be able protect yourself from some serious health conditions by knowing the “age” of your organs. Would you...
Hospitals, physicians and pharmacies left unpaid after a...
What happens when a corporate health insurance company, Change Healthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group, has its computer system hacked and can’t pay claims electronically? Even when...
Bill in Congress to address burdensome Medicare Advantage prior...
A while back now, the House of Representatives passed the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act, designed to address problems individuals and hospitals face because Medicare Advantage plans...
Poll: Health care costs are a top economic priority for voters
As you’ve likely been reading, voters continue to have negative views about the US economy. High health care costs (and inflation, which is actually in check) feed into that view, with voters...