Health care is not a television. Among other things, you have little clue what you are buying, both...
Medicare
Majority of Americans support a public health insurance option
Vice-President Biden is proposing that the government offer people a public health insurance...
What if the government paid Medicare Advantage plans differently?
Today, the government pays Medicare Advantage plans–private health plans that contract with...
Medicare Advantage gold mine puts traditional Medicare at grave...
Beware of corporate health insurers with eyes on Medicare. To date, these insurers have been taking...
Blame President Trump if people with pre-existing conditions...
In an op-ed for the New York Times, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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...