One in five older adults in the US have lost their teeth. There is a dental care crisis. Jessica...
Medicare
UnitedHealth claims enrollees cannot challenge inappropriate...
Several months ago, Stat News exposed a common practice at UnitedHealth care and other big...
Will Congress extend Medicare telehealth coverage?
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress opened up telehealth coverage in Medicare and millions of...
Senator Whitehouse proposes pre-approval of prior authorization...
Joyce Frieden reports for MedPageToday on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s proposal to address...
Humana threatens to close some Medicare Advantage plans and...
Suzanne Blake reports for Newsweek on the consequences of Humana closing some of its Medicare...
Medicare Advantage: Hospice care is a juggle
Insurers clearly have not figured out how to profit from the Medicare hospice benefit, which offers...
Cigna medical directors given little incentive to review prior...
A new Pro Publica report exposes how Cigna requires its medical directors to review prior...
Raising Medicare eligibility age could lead to thousands of...
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by Alison Galvani et...
New nursing home staffing requirements are a step forward
It has become increasingly clear that our federal government is not willing or able to enact laws...
Will insulin ever be affordable in the US?
The pharmaceutical industry is all too powerful in the US. Not only does it spend a lot of money...