Policymakers who claim to be tough on crime continue to turn a blind eye to what appears to be...
Medicare
Emergency or urgent care? Why it matters
A growing number of hospitals are offering people both hospital emergency room services and urgent...
More hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage
Jakob Emerson reports for Becker’s Hospital Review that at least 17 large hospital systems...
Voters overwhelmingly support adding dental benefits to Medicare
Voters overwhelmingly support adding dental benefits to Medicare, reports BusinessWire. But, will...
Wall Street Journal exposes how insurers game Medicare...
Christopher Weaver and others report for The Wall Street Journal on how Medicare Advantage insurers...
Are weight-loss drugs cost effective?
Millions of Americans now take weight-loss drugs, some as a treatment for diabetes but...
New report shows Medicare Advantage might not save you money
Many people say they enroll in Medicare Advantage–Medicare coverage through private health...
Is Medicare’s Hospital at Home program here to stay?
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Medicare has been paying hospitals to treat patients at home, instead...
Save money, avoid hospital-owned outpatient facilities
One of the ways hospitals are generating more revenue is through ownership of doctors’...
Medicare Advantage offers less care at greater cost
In a paper for JAMA Network, Adam Gaffney et al. suggest the time is ripe for cutting our losses in...