Morey Stettner reports for MarketWatch on the ingredients for increasing your chances of living a good long life. Follow the science around nutrition and exercise. And, while genes help, don’t...
Diane Archer
With Medicare private plans, your costs are unpredictable
With Medicare private plans, be they Medicare Advantage plans or Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, your costs are unpredictable. The corporate health insurers offering these health plans are...
Coronavirus: Older adults without booster shots are still at...
The latest COVID-19 data reveal that vaccines are not enough to protect many older adults from serious illness if they have the virus. Fenit Nirappil and Dan Keating report for The Washington Post...
Can Congress incentivize drugmakers to lower insulin prices...
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Susan Collins think they have a way to bring down the price of insulin without needing to pass legislation regulating its price. Stat News reports that their proposal...
To stave off dementia, change up your diet
There’s plenty of talk about foods that can improve brain function. Amelia Nierenberg reports for the New York Times on “brain food,” along with its effect on your mental health and...
CMS proposes to expand access to Medicare benefits
As anyone who has spent time trying to navigate Medicare knows, the rules are too often complicated and whacky. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to fix some of the whackier...
Nursing shortage? Robots can help
John Leland reports for the New York Times on robots designed to help meet the needs of nursing home residents. With a nursing shortage, nursing homes are often understaffed. Robots can help provide...
Members of Congress urge administration to end overpayments in...
If you have traditional Medicare, you are paying higher Part B premiums to cover higher costs in Medicare Advantage. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is paying Medicare Advantage plans...
Washington State delays plans to give residents a long-term care...
If the US does not already have a long-term care crisis, and there’s a good argument we do, it’s hard to imagine we won’t face a crisis shortly. As the cohort of older Americans...
Coronavirus: If you have Medicare, it’s time for a second...
The coronavirus pandemic may appear to be waning in the US, but COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head around the world, and cases of the BA.22 variant continue to emerge and persist in the US. By...