Bernie Sanders is calling for Medicare for all. He says, “If the goal of health-care reform...
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Financial incentives not improving quality in hospitals
Since October 2012, the federal government has been using financial incentives to reward or...
Medicare and Medicaid at 50: Their roles in our health care...
A 2015 article in Health Affairs by Drew Altman and Bill Frist speaks to Medicare and Medicaid at...
Cutting edge small nursing homes: Green Houses
If you’re looking into nursing homes for yourself or someone you love, consider a Green...
Budget deal would significantly reduce Medicare premium increase...
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached agreement on a budget deal, which fixes a glitch...
2014 data on income and savings of people with Medicare
A new Kaiser Family Foundation report reveals that income and assets for people with Medicare have...
Are hospitals driving up costs for people with Medicare to...
In a new Health Affairs post, David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler argue that Medicare’s...
No Social Security increase in 2016 at substantial cost to most...
Every year but two for the last 40 years, people have seen a cost-of-living increase in their...
Half a million people with low incomes unable to get mental...
In 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act was signed into law to guarantee that insurers did not...
What price patient satisfaction?
Several years ago, Richard Angelo, a nurse, was convicted of killing several of his patients. He...