Bernie Sanders is calling for Medicare for all. He says, “If the goal of health-care reform...
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How to avoid medical debt
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation report reveals the many ways the healthcare marketplace for...
Social Security would have all the money it needs were there...
Social Security would have all the money it needs were there greater income equality in the United...
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...
FDA backlog keeps generics from coming to market
In October 2015, there were as many as 3,000 generic drugs waiting to be approved by the Food and...
Paramedics help people avoid emergency rooms
A new initiative is underway around the country to use firefighter paramedics to keep people out of...
Competition can’t rein in health care costs
Like many policy debates, there are two principal schools of thought regarding how to rein in...
Social Security: It’s time to build on its success
Social Security is a model government program, financed by and supporting working families in the...
Visiting the doctor costs even more than you think
Many of us not yet on Medicare visit the doctor in fear of the sizeable bill we will owe, even if...