If you have money in an individual retirement account, once you turn 72, the Internal Revenue Service requires that you withdraw money from this account every year, even if you still work. (Note: The...
Diane Archer
Social Security benefits projected to increase 8.6 percent in...
Inflation is taking a huge toll on Americans. If there’s any silver lining, it’s that people receiving Social Security benefits should see their largest benefit increase in more than 40 years...
Women beware! You could have heart disease and not know it
Anahad O’Connor writes for the New York Times about heart disease in women. Women, more than men, often have heart disease, but they downplay or ignore the symptoms, which puts them at higher risk...
How to boost your brainpower
Ready to boost your brainpower? Consumer Reports advises that you keep your weight normal and eat foods rich in nutrients. Whether or not the advice works to improve your memory and thinking, you...
One in four people with Medicare harmed in hospital
A new HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) study finds that one in four people with Medicare were harmed in hospital in 2018. As a result, they experienced worse health outcomes. The study...
Poll: Prescription drug prices in 2022
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently polled Americans for their views on prescription drug prices. Here’s what they learned: What proportion of the US population takes prescription...
Could the US lower drug costs through “value-based”...
President Biden said in his State of the Union address that he supported Medicare drug price negotiation. Since the Democrats in Congress appear unable to pass legislation that would allow Medicare...
Medicare: 2020 facts and figures
Today, Medicare covers 65 million older and disabled Americans. What does that mean for the US budget, national health care spending and the future of Medicare? A new Kaiser Family Foundation...
Socialized medicine v. incremental improvements
For the last several decades, David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler, the founders of Physicians for a National Health Care Program, have been ardent advocates of a “single-payer”...
OIG finds widespread inappropriate care denials in Medicare...
A new HHS Office of the Inspector General report (OIG) highlights serious problems with denials of care and coverage in Medicare Advantage. As the OIG found in 2018, tens of thousands of people in...