Arielle O’Shea reports in Forbes that a couple who retires this year should expect to spend...
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Insurers donate to Democrats in attempt to undermine support for...
Tarbell reports that commercial health insurers are supporting Democrats with larger campaign...
Are we spending too much on health care at end of life?
A new study in Science, by Amy Finkelstein et al., suggests that we may not be spending too much...
Don’t be misled by “five-star” nursing home ratings
In the fall of 2014, The New York Times reported that Medicare five-star nursing home ratings do...
Organizing older adults to defend our health care
A recent paper by Community Catalyst’s Leena Sharma, Carol Regan and Katherine Villers...
Another study confirms, it’s the prices, stupid
Why do we spend so much more on health care than other countries? In 2003, Gerard Anderson and Uwe...
Amazon plans to sell and distribute prescription drugs
Amazon appears to be expanding into the retail market in health care with its plan to purchase...
For diabetics, a good diet can be better than medicines
An article in NEJM Catalyst describes a new disease management trial at Geisinger Health System...
With alcohol, less is generally more
It’s hard to know who to believe any more. When it comes to health care research, industry is...
Gawande to lead new Amazon health care company
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is building a new health care company in partnership with Berkshire...