Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans are causing nursing homes to lose money at a rapid pace, reports Amy Stulick for Skilled Nursing News. These insurers are not only paying Medicare-nursing...
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House Republicans call for major cuts to Social Security and...
Former President Trump does not want to admit that he supports major cuts to Social Security and Medicare, even though he has said so. He has backed off those comments. But, Republicans in the House...
Next frontier: Eye exams using artificial intelligence
Photos from a retinal camera allow an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to perform eye exams and quickly diagnose diabetic retinopathy, a condition that could lead to blindness, reports Hannah...
Life expectancy in US remains lower than all other wealthy...
Brett Wilkins reports for Common Dreams on new data from the federal government on life expectancy in the US. We continue to live shorter lives than people in every other developed nation. Advocates...
2024: Programs that lower your health care costs if you have...
Medicare only covers about half of a typical person’s health care costs, leaving people with average annual out-of-pocket costs of $7,000. So, even with Medicare, many people struggle to afford...
Primary care in Medicare Advantage: A crapshoot
Don’t join a Medicare Advantage plan because you believe it will offer good primary care. According to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund, primary care could be good and it could be bad in...
Want to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, not cut them...
Paul Krugman explains in a New York Times opinion piece why older adults and people with disabilities who support strengthening Medicare and Social Security need to vote in the upcoming presidential...
Will FDA approval of Wegovy to treat heart conditions mean more...
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...
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...