If you were first in line to be vaccinated, it might be time to get a booster shot reports Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News. Beginning next month, the Biden administration has announced that...
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Coronavirus: What will your COVID-19 test cost you?
If you’re under 65, you can face surprise bills for COVID-19 testing if you’re not careful; you should understand how to avoid these bills. If you have Medicare, you should not pay...
Biden calls for lower Medicare drug costs
President Joe Biden finally called on Congress to lower drug prices for people with Medicare and to cap their out-of-pocket drug costs, reports Rachel Cohrs and Lev Facher for Stat News. The...
No link between lower drug prices and innovation
If Dems in Congress pass legislation to lower drug prices, it’s likely to help their chances of reelection. There appears to be far less downside than Pharma would like people to believe. A new...
What are the health benefits of eating organic foods?
Based on the latest research, we now have a good sense that eating fruits and vegetables with flavonoids improves brain health, sharpens recall and might even stave off dementia. But, what about the...
Paid caregiving should be valued as health care
Lynn Hallarman, MD, former director of palliative care at Stony Brook University Hospital, writes for The New York Times about the value of paid caregiving. What’s most important for aging...
Medicare Advantage costs keep rising, with no clear benefits
Bob Herman writes for Axios on the surge in Medicare Advantage enrollment these last several years, notwithstanding its high costs and questionable quality of care, particularly for people with...
Social Security benefits often don’t cover even basic...
Lorie Konish writes for CNBC.com on the lack of funding in Social Security and the need to increase Social Security benefits. Millions of retirees are struggling to pay for basic necessities...
Beware of faulty medical devices
Do not think that the medical device–be it an artificial hip, a pacemaker or mesh–your doctor proposes to implant is safe because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its...
Coronavirus: Symptoms can differ for older adults
During this new wave of coronavirus infections, older adults are increasingly being hospitalized. A new large study in the Journal of Gerontology reveals that symptoms can differ for older adults. If...