Since its inception in 2002, Medicare Advantage, a program that allows private health insurers to...
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Can we get to improved Medicare for all?
Regardless of political persuasion, most Americans want Congress to expand Medicare to every...
Help for caregivers who leave their jobs
Millions of caregivers leave their jobs to care for a loved one at some time in their careers...
The Zen of swimming
“It’s a wonderful world out there, swimming back and forth in the calming waters. Instead of...
Programs for vulnerable Americans on chopping block
President Trump has released his budget, and it puts programs for vulnerable Americans on the...
For-profit kidney dialysis: Profits before people
In a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver takes on the kidney dialysis industry...
U.S. army poised to give Sanofi exclusive license to vaccine...
The U.S. Army has developed two patents for a Zika vaccine. Now, the Army is poised to give Sanofi...
AHCA and the Medicare Trust Fund
The solvency of the Medicare (Part A Hospital Insurance) Trust Fund turns in large part on...
One in three FDA-approved drugs have safety risks
A new JAMA study finds that one in three novel therapeutics approved by the FDA between 2001 and...
New FDA chief has ties to the pharmaceutical industry
The nation’s new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Scott Gottlieb, is a...