Andrew Joseph reports for StatNews on a new coronavirus variant, which some believe is even more easily transmissible than the Delta variant. It is called AY.4.2 or Delta Plus. What do we know about...
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Is your hospital providing good care?
All hospitals are different in their own ways. Several factors go into a determination of whether a hospital is safe and delivers good health outcomes. Jordan Rau reports for Kaiser Health News that...
Health care prices will continue rising until they are regulated
The public is fed a lot of misleading information about health care prices. Contrary to popular myth, health care “competition” does not bring down prices. In fact, health care prices...
Congress must reduce out-of-pocket costs for people with Medicare
Earlier this month, “the Medicare team” inside the federal government sent an email inviting millions of us to mark our calendars for the Oct. 15 start of a 54-day period to enroll in Medicare...
2021: Medicare drug price negotiation appears a long shot
It has been 32 years since Senator David Pryor, then Chair of the Senate Aging Committee made the case for government negotiation of drug prices because Americans were facing a “crisis of...
Will health insurers stop Congress from reducing their Medicare...
When health insurers lobbied to be able to offer Medicare benefits, they claimed that they could deliver more at a lower cost. But, years later they continue to cost significantly more per enrollee...
Should you be taking aspirin every day?
When it comes to health care, everyone needs options tailored to their particular needs. That’s the beauty of traditional Medicare–it is one size fits all, working for everyone, so long...
Daily use of baby aspirin can present greater risks than benefits
For quite some time now, older adults with certain health conditions have been told to take a daily dose of baby aspirin in order to ward off heart disease. A panel of independent experts at the US...
How to pay less for your hospital care
If your income is low, you might be able to pay less for your hospital care. Among the many elements of the Affordable Care Act is a requirement that nonprofit hospitals provide financial assistance...
Medicare Open Enrollment: Don’t trust insurance agents
It’s Medicare Open Enrollment season from October 15 through December 7, and you should be reviewing your Medicare plan options to make sure you continue to get the coverage you want at the...