Ivana Saric reports for Axios that Republicans could be hurting their ability to take control of the US Senate in 2024 because of their stands on Medicare and Social Security. House...
Diane Archer
Advil v. Tylenol: Which to take and when?
When you’re feeling aches and pains or have a cold or the flu, should you take acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil.) And, how much is too much? When do people take Advil? People pop...
Medical and health misinformation abounds
Medical and health misinformation abounds, and it’s not going away. The government should do more to address some of the misinformation. But, as with all advertising and promotion, you need to...
Biden’s Medicare plan: Retirement with dignity
In an op-ed for The New York Times, President Joe Biden vows he will not cut Medicare. Unlike his Republican “friends,” he recognizes that turning Medicare into a voucher program, does...
The choice between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage:...
If all things were equal, the choice between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage is easier than you think, as I wrote in a previous post. But as one reader commented, there’s more to it...
FDA is confiscating some imported life-saving prescription drugs
NBC News reports on the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to block importation of prescription drugs. The FDA is helping the pharmaceutical industry and harming Americans who can’t...
Congress must stop the Medigap madness
On one hand, “Medigap,” health insurance coverage that supplements traditional Medicare, is an incredible product. It usually picks up all but a little of people’s out-of-pocket...
Medicare Advantage: Combating fraud is a challenge because...
Medicare Advantage plans are required to submit complete and accurate data on the services their enrollees receive–patient “encounter data”–but, according to the Medicare...
2023: Congress should scrap the Social Security cap
Today, people earning $1,000,000 this year received a late Valentine. They stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of 2023 because they had hit the $160,200 cap on payroll contributions...
When the public health emergency ends, so will coverage for...
Healthcare Dive reports that the majority of people with Medicaid do not know that their coverage could end when the public health emergency ends. States have already begun rechecking people with...