In an op-ed for the New York Times, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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The Medicare Advantage scam and beyond
Kay Tillow writes for Daily Kos about the “Medicare Advantage scam” and beyond. She...
Congress can control hospital rates or allow them to soar
Because most hospitals have monopoly pricing power, private insurers are now paying on average 2.5...
Could Walmart be where you go for health care?
Until Congress steps in to regulate our health care system effectively, it appears that...
Small non-profit helps lower price of some ineffective drugs
Caroline Humer reports for Reuters on the value of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review...
Government pays Medicare Advantage plans billions extra for...
The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released yet another scathing report on Medicare...
Hospital care: Three major inequities
A post in Medicine and Social Justice by Josh Freeman, MD, Chair of the Department of Family...
Can public health insurance lower health care costs?
With millions of Americans staying away from the doctor and hospital during this pandemic, the...
Coronavirus: Hospitals sue patients to collect payment
It’s bad enough that tens of thousands of Americans have become gravely ill as a result of...
Coronavirus: Strike teams step in to help nursing home residents...
Nursing homes and other residential facilities have been hard hit by the novel coronavirus, with...