Camille Baker reports for The New York Times on how owners of two nursing homes in New Jersey pocketed millions of dollars they received from state Medicaid programs and left residents without...
Diane Archer
High percentage of the workforce faces unexpected disability...
Pretty much no matter who you are, retirement is challenging, emotionally, socially and financially. So, many Americans either keep working for as long as possible after they turn 65. But, a large...
Poll: What do Americans think about their health care?
Access to care is increasingly becoming a problem for all Americans, in the wake of the Trump budget law that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid. Health care costs continue to rise appreciably, and the...
2026: Medicare drug coverage and costs
Whether you are enrolled in Traditional Medicare (which the government administers directly) or a Medicare Advantage plan (which corporate health insurers administer,) Medicare covers the...
Poll: Republican candidates could be hurt in mid-terms if they...
A new poll finds that Republican candidates could be hurt in the mid-term elections if they don’t extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. These subsidies make state health insurance...
High-deductible health plans leave millions of Americans in debt...
President Trump has proposed giving people money for health savings accounts that are attached to high-deductible health plans, as an alternative to extending the subsidies that bring down premiums...
1.6 million Americans with Medicaid lost their coverage between...
Around 1.6 million Americans lost their Medicaid coverage during the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to KFF. Jasmine Laws reports for Newsweek. Because of...
Hospitals increasingly opt out of Medicare Advantage networks
In the last few years, dozens of hospitals and physicians across the country have opted out of Medicare Advantage networks, saying that insurers are endangering patient health, burdening them with...
Medicare’s new negotiated drug prices are lower but some...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare drug price negotiation, just released details regarding the 15 drugs with negotiated prices that will take effect in...
The tradeoff between “extra” benefits and fewer...
Medicare Advantage insurers offer “extra” benefits to lure people to sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan. But, what they don’t tell people is that Medicare Advantage plans engage...