A recent Health Affairs post by Uwe Reinhardt explains why the government’s support of health...
Health and financial security
US rations care based on ability to pay
Making insured Americans pay high deductibles and large amounts in coinsurance and copays before...
4 in 10 people do not have a good understanding of how their...
In our crazy for-profit driven health care marketplace, health insurers likely profit from people...
How old will you be when you begin to feel old?
If you’re wondering why politicians and reporters refer to people 65 and older as “elderly”...
Did you know that your local non-profit hospital must work with...
A report by the Hilltop Institute explains that non-profit hospitals are legally obligated to...
Number of people with diabetes increasing but their quality of...
Diabetes is fairly common in the US, affecting 26 million Americans and more than 9.4 million...
Twice as many women as men over 65 live in poverty
A report by the National Women’s Law Center shows the high prevalence of women over the age of 65...
Americans more likely to go without needed care and to struggle...
More than one in three adult Americans (37 percent) surveyed by the Commonwealth Fund in 2013...
How a community is left with no access to hospital services
Watch these videos to understand how a for-profit hospital company can buy out a local community...
What’s a patient-centered medical home?
What’s a Patient Centered Medical Home? It is not a place. It is a type of medical...