A recent Health Affairs post by Uwe Reinhardt explains why the government’s support of health...
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US rations care based on ability to pay
Making insured Americans pay high deductibles and large amounts in coinsurance and copays before...
Individual saving and spending for long-term care services and...
Fact: Americans pay a lot of money out of pocket for long-term care services and supports. Costs...
Medicare costs high for older adults and people with disabilities
No one should think that Medicare provides more than partial health care coverage. A new Kaiser...
4 in 10 people do not have a good understanding of how their...
In our crazy for-profit driven health care marketplace, health insurers likely profit from people...
How old will you be when you begin to feel old?
If you’re wondering why politicians and reporters refer to people 65 and older as “elderly”...
Did you know that your local non-profit hospital must work with...
A report by the Hilltop Institute explains that non-profit hospitals are legally obligated to...
For a wealthy country, the US offers stingy Social Security...
A new chart from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development highlights how meager...
Strengthen Social Security by restoring the minimum wage
Fact: If today’s minimum wage were the same as the minimum wage in 1969 (adjusted for...
Effectiveness of antibiotics at serious risk thanks to overuse...
Antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective at treating people, and doctors are seeing a...