Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas, along with 59 other House Democrats, just introduced a bill...
Health and financial security
Anthem keeps people from getting ER care simply by claiming it...
The New York Times has a follow-up story on Anthem, the insurer that unconscionably denied some of...
How old can we possibly get?
How old can we possibly get? While Americans are not living as long as people in other wealthy...
Health care costs in retirement average $140,000
Arielle O’Shea reports in Forbes that a couple who retires this year should expect to spend...
Insurers donate to Democrats in attempt to undermine support for...
Tarbell reports that commercial health insurers are supporting Democrats with larger campaign...
Are we spending too much on health care at end of life?
A new study in Science, by Amy Finkelstein et al., suggests that we may not be spending too much...
Don’t be misled by “five-star” nursing home ratings
In the fall of 2014, The New York Times reported that Medicare five-star nursing home ratings do...
Organizing older adults to defend our health care
A recent paper by Community Catalyst’s Leena Sharma, Carol Regan and Katherine Villers...
Another study confirms, it’s the prices, stupid
Why do we spend so much more on health care than other countries? In 2003, Gerard Anderson and Uwe...
For diabetics, a good diet can be better than medicines
An article in NEJM Catalyst describes a new disease management trial at Geisinger Health System...