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Traditional Medicare at risk with ACO REACH
This month, the Biden administration is launching ACO REACH, a program that pits the financial...
Sen. Bernie Sanders will focus on high health care costs as head...
Next month, Senator Bernie Sanders will become chair of the Senate Health Education Labor and...
Private equity buying up orthopedics practices
Harris Meyer reports for Kaiser Health News on the rise in private equity ownership of orthopedics...
FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug
Katherine Ellen Foley reports for Politico that the FDA just approved an Alzheimer’s disease drug...
Congress should eliminate the cap on Social Security...
In an opinion piece for Bloomberg News, Teresa Ghilarducci explains why Congress should eliminate...
Hospitals overbill Medicare, driving up costs for everyone
At the end of last year, the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report listing...
Germans force competition among drug companies; should the US...
In an article for Health Affairs, James C. Robinson argues that the US should take a page from...
Government rules won’t curtail Medicare Advantage bad acts...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency charged with overseeing Medicare...
2023: Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage and costs
Whether you are enrolled in traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan, Medicare covers the...