In a Health Affairs article, Alfred Engelberg explains that over the course of the last 35...
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As population ages, need for more caregivers
Today, about one in 12 people over 20, nearly 18 million people, provide care for an older family...
Strengthening Social Security Act of 2016
On September 9, U.S. Representatives Linda Sanchez and Mike Honda of California introduced...
Risk to older adults of underuse of prescription drugs
A paper in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology reports on the risks of underuse of...
Student housing in a Dutch retirement home
Here’s an innovation. With few resources to keep residents active in a Dutch retirement home...
Clinton proposes plan to rein in some drug prices
Recognizing that government intervention is needed to rein in some drug prices, Hillary Clinton has...
Access to affordable care top priority among voters
A new Kaiser Health poll shows that Medicare’s future and access to affordable health care are...
Facts about prescription drug prices in the U.S.
The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States, a new JAMA paper by Aaron Kesselheim, MD...
The pharmaceutical marketplace is dysfunctional
The controversy over the steep price of EpiPen—an injectable device used to treat severe and...
Aetna, for-profit insurers do not serve public good
The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to block Aetna’s merger with Humana. And, Aetna...