A new Public Citizen white paper details how the US would have been far better prepared for the...
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Expanding Medicare Advantage is a bad idea
In an op-ed for Health Affairs, Ken Terry and David Muehlestein explain why expanding the Medicare...
A federal “public option” won’t deliver health...
Merrill Goozner writes that Congress is considering ways to guarantee everyone in the US affordable...
Amazon dives deeper into health care
Amazon’s venture into healthcare through Haven under Atul Gawande’s leadership did not...
One way to lower the cost of biologics
Peter B. Bach and Mark R. Trusheim offer a proposal to lower the cost of biologics in an op-ed for...
Congresswomen Jayapal and Dingell introduce Medicare for All Act
Today, Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell, along with 110 co-sponsors in the House of...
Don’t trust Medicare nursing home star ratings
Two and a half years ago, I warned people not to be misled by Medicare five-star nursing home...
People living in rural communities disenroll from Medicare...
Sungchul Park, David Meyers et al. report in Health Affairs that people living in rural communities...
Billing fraud pervasive in Medicare Advantage
In an effort to maximize government payments and minimize expenditures, attorneys David Engel, Gary...
MedPAC: Traditional Medicare consistently costs less than...
In a concise online memo, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee, MedPAC, responded to health...