Since the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly hard for people to get the care they need at home. The Wall Street Journal reports on a woman with ALS who needed to rely on seven different...
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House speaker McCarthy opens door to Medicare and Social...
In an opinion piece for The Hill, Max Richtman, CEO of National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, writes about the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy’s likely intent to cut Social...
Get ready for more prescription drug price hikes
We know pharmaceutical companies are greedy. Most, if not all, companies are greedy and will do what they can to maximize profits. But, Congress continues to allow that greed. As long as it does, we...
Coronavirus: You should take it seriously, even in year four
I don’t know about you, but I have now had my two initial Covid-19 shots and three booster shots. As much as I’d like to treat Covid like a cold, the risk of hospitalization and long-Covid are...
Traditional Medicare at risk with ACO REACH
This month, the Biden administration is launching ACO REACH, a program that pits the financial interests of corporate health insurers, private equity firms, and the primary care doctors they employ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders will focus on high health care costs as head...
Next month, Senator Bernie Sanders will become chair of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee. HealthcareDive reports that, in that role, among other things, Sanders will...
Private equity buying up orthopedics practices
Harris Meyer reports for Kaiser Health News on the rise in private equity ownership of orthopedics practices. At least some large orthopedics practices have not been able to stay afloat financially...
Six tips for keeping your drug costs down if you have Medicare
Many people with Medicare find that they are paying a hefty amount for their drugs, even with prescription drug coverage. Drug companies have considerable power to set high prices for many drugs;...
FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug
Katherine Ellen Foley reports for Politico that the FDA just approved an Alzheimer’s disease drug that appears to show a small benefit to some people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. That...
Traditional Medicare v. Medicare Advantage? Different as night...
Make no mistake. Traditional Medicare, which is government-administered, and Medicare Advantage, which is administered by corporate insurers, are as different as night and day. But, it’s easy to...