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New bill in Congress would cancel medical debt
Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Ro Khanna just released a bill designed to cancel medical...
Hospitals delay care for older adults in ERs, causing them...
Judith Graham reports for KFF Health News on the plight of older adults in hospital emergency...
Humana threatens to close some Medicare Advantage plans and...
Suzanne Blake reports for Newsweek on the consequences of Humana closing some of its Medicare...
The 2024 Trustees Report shows that Social Security is...
The 2024 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and...
Medicare Advantage: Hospice care is a juggle
Insurers clearly have not figured out how to profit from the Medicare hospice benefit, which offers...
CVS profits from manufacturing its own generic drugs
CVS has become the sixth largest corporation in America, owning not only a chain of pharmacies, but...
Cigna medical directors given little incentive to review prior...
A new Pro Publica report exposes how Cigna requires its medical directors to review prior...
UnitedHealth care delays, denies and grows ever bigger
At the same time that UnitedHealth is growing its Medicare Advantage business, it is growing many...