Vigorous exercise can help keep your brain healthy and ward off dementia. Rachel Fairbank reports for the New York Times on three recent studies confirming the value of vigorous exercise for your...
Diane Archer
Requiring primary care coordination could cause patients...
There is a government move afoot to have primary care doctors “manage” care for everyone with Medicare. The benefits of primary care coordination can be tremendous but must be balanced...
Hospitals speak out against corporate health insurance
Americans have a new ally in the fight for health care reform. The American Hospital Association is speaking out against corporate health insurance. Hospitals are feeling the squeeze from corporate...
One in seven diabetics struggle to pay for insulin
About nine percent of Americans–30 million people in the US–have diabetes. A new Yale study finds that 14 percent of insulin users—-almost one in seven of them–struggle to pay...
Government proposes cuts to Medicare home health care
In an opinion piece for Stat News, Krista Drobac writes about a proposed government cut to Medicare home health care that, if finalized, will take a toll on older adults and people with disabilities...
What’s wrong with market innovations in health care?
Our government counts on market innovations in health care. It also allows companies to abandon these innovations as they please, with little concern for the harm it can cause Americans who depend on...
Drug provisions in the reconciliation bill should lower your...
Last week, I laid out the Medicare prescription drug provisions in the reconciliation bill. They are noteworthy. Among other benefits, for the first time, people with Medicare Part D prescription...
Social Security benefits should rise around 9 percent in 2023
It is looking as if 2023 will bring some good news to the vast majority of people who rely on Social Security for all or a significant share of their retirement income. Paul Brandi reports for...
Nearly 100 million Americans are now struggling to afford...
Dan Witter reports for Gallup on the horrifying situation facing nearly 100 million Americans forced to choose between their health care and other basic needs. The latest Gallup poll from June 2022...
Yes, you need vitamin D, but not from supplements
Last year, a large study came out on vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplements, supporting earlier findings that routine use of these supplements has little if any value for healthy people. Now...