During the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress opened up telehealth coverage in Medicare and millions of...
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Senator Whitehouse proposes pre-approval of prior authorization...
Joyce Frieden reports for MedPageToday on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s proposal to address...
Social Security’s future is on the ballot in 2024
Every year, Social Security’s Board of Trustees issues a report detailing Social Security’s...
FTC cleaning up junk patents on 20 brand-name drugs
Pharmaceutical companies don’t only get to set their prices on brand-name drugs, they can...
How other wealthy countries deliver superior health care...
Aaron Carroll, President and CEO AcademyHealth, writes about our broken health care system on the...
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...