In a new paper, Stephen Salant, a professor at the University of Michigan, makes a compelling case that people in the US should be able to import drugs from abroad and that it is safe to do...
Diane Archer
The government overpays insurers offering Medicare Advantage as...
A new report from Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP) reveals that the federal government is overpaying health insurance corporations offering Medicare Advantage plans as much as $140...
Traditional Medicare’s fee for service payment system...
Since establishment through the Affordable Care Act, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has been testing new ways to deliver and pay for care in Medicare, Medicaid and the...
2023: Four things to know if your income is low and you have...
Today, 12.3 million older adults and people with disabilities are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. Almost three out of four of them (71.1 percent) are eligible for full Medicaid benefits...
Ignore Medicare Advantage ads; they misrepresent costs and...
Two new reports, one from the Commonwealth Fund and one from the Kaiser Family Foundation, highlight the deceptive marketing in Medicare Advantage, a program administered by corporate health insurers...
Republicans in Congress “outraged” by billions in...
Kaiser Health News reports that Republicans in Congress are “outraged” by $20 billion in Social Security overpayments to vulnerable older adults. What no one has reported is the silence...
Private equity profiting wildly on home care at the expense of...
A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, “Profiting at the Expense of Seniors: The Financialization of Home Health Care,” finds that new policies at the Centers for Medicare...
How to treat a runny nose?
Are you taking DayQuil or Sudafed PE for a runny nose? It’s probably time to stop. An FDA panel recently declared that the decongestant in many over-the-counter oral cold medicines...
Misleading Medicare marketing: Insurance industry appears to be...
It’s almost time for Medicare Open Enrollment, which begins on October 15. There’s a lot you should know. But, the insurance industry appears to be pulling the strings at Medicare, and...
If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, watch out! Your...
Health care providers across the country look to be dropping their Medicare Advantage plan contracts like flies. Sometimes, physicians or hospital systems cancel contracts with Humana...