When it comes to health care, there seem to be fewer and fewer things that the US health care system gets right. End-of-life matters are no exception, with hospitals generally keeping people alive...
Diane Archer
Roundup: Caregiving
Over the last several years, we have posted a series of pieces to help caregivers care for an aging loved one. You can find most of the key posts in this roundup: Planning ahead Why you and your...
Biden administration should lower price of prostate cancer drug...
In an opinion piece for StatNews, Peter Arno et al. explains how the Biden Administration could save the lives of thousands of people with prostate cancer. Specifically, they show how the...
Biden simplifies access to Social Security and other government...
Justin Sink and Jennifer Jacobs write for Bloomberg on an executive order just signed by President Biden that makes it much easier for people to collect Social Security and many other federal...
Medicare Advantage: Tune out the Joe Namath ads
Joanna Robin reports for The New Republic on the firm behind the Joe Namath TV ads pushing Medicare Advantage and the Medicare “helpline.” As I’ve reported before, you should tune those ads...
Low-cost hearing aids should be available over the counter in...
Tens of millions of Americans, mostly older Americans, would benefit from hearing aids. If the Senate passes the Build Back Better Act, which the House has already passed, Medicare would cover...
How a for-profit program that should provide all-inclusive care...
Medicare’s Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly or PACE has been a godsend for a small group of vulnerable patients around the country, allowing them to age in place, with medical and...
Without hospital price regulation, expect gouging
President Biden and Democrats in Congress, unlike Republicans, speak to the value of data and science. But, when it comes to hospital prices, too many of them disregard the data and allow the health...
Coronavirus: What to think about Omicron
Most of us are a bit at a loss as to what to think about Omicron, let alone how to pronounce it. FWIW, I like to say Oh-my-cron! It’s yet another curve ball in the battle to conquer the novel...
Chain pharmacies found responsible for opioid crisis
After a six-week trial and five days of deliberation, a federal jury in Ohio recently found that three very large chain pharmacies were responsible in a significant way for the opioid crisis in two...