A new Health Affairs blog post speaks to the need for Medicare to collect and report data on the...
Health and financial security
Most hospitals lose money on patient care
Most people in the U.S. perceive hospital charges to be astronomical. Not surprisingly, almost one...
No increase in Social Security checks likely in 2017
For the second year in a row, people receiving Social Security should expect to see little or no...
Who are the happiest people in the world?
Many believe that happiness is the appropriate measure for social progress and that public policy...
John Oliver: Be careful about how you save for retirement
In a recent Last Week Tonight segment on retirement plans, John Oliver warns that we need to be...
Practice of medicine more stressful than ever
Most of us are finding it increasingly hard to get a doctor’s appointment. So, it’s no...
Access to care issues, higher costs when hospitals merge
A recent report by Merger Watch details the access to care issues and higher costs that often arise...
Insurance premiums projected to rise a lot in 2017
The New York Times reports that health insurance premiums are projected to rise a lot in 2017...
Link between hospital boards and quality of care
Quality of care in U.S. hospitals remains a serious concern. A good number of hospitals do not...
Support Social Security to reduce risk of recession: Larry...
In a recent talk for the Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project and a subsequent opinion...