In an op-ed for the New York Times, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Medicare
The Medicare Advantage scam and beyond
Kay Tillow writes for Daily Kos about the “Medicare Advantage scam” and beyond. She...
Congress can control hospital rates or allow them to soar
Because most hospitals have monopoly pricing power, private insurers are now paying on average 2.5...
Government pays Medicare Advantage plans billions extra for...
The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released yet another scathing report on Medicare...
At 55, Medicare is going strong, at least for now
On July 30, Medicare turned 55. Notwithstanding myriad attempts by conservatives to destroy it...
Coronavirus: Republican stimulus bill opens the door to Social...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is responding to the coronavirus pandemic with the...
Coronavirus and hospital bills: Medicare v. private health...
Joseph Goldstein reports for the New York Times on a patient with COVID-19 who was hospitalized for...
Coronavirus: Lawmakers ignore horrific number of nursing home...
David Dayen writes for The American Prospect on the horrific number of deaths at nursing homes...
Coronavirus: Why aren’t we talking about Medicare for all?
Helaine Olen asks in a Washington Post opinion piece how it is that we can be in a pandemic and not...
How would lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 help?
Vice-President Joe Biden recently advocated for lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 in...