Julie Appleby reports for Kaiser Health News that, down the road, a lot of hospital care may be...
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Medicare mental health care cost and access issues
As a nation, the US has done a terrible job of meeting people’s mental health care needs...
Insurers use prior authorization to keep people from getting care
Private insurers are increasingly using prior authorization as a tool to keep people from getting...
Avoid buying junk insurance
The Obama administration banned the sale of junk health insurance–policies that offer only...
Is it valuable to have health plan choice?
Is choice of health plans what any American wants, asks Austin Frakt in a New York Times piece. Or...
Hospital rates out of control with private health insurance
Hospital rates are out of control for people with private health insurance. Medicare, in sharp...
Coronavirus: Labs can charge what they please for COVID-19 tests
Sarah Kliff reports for the New York Times that labs around the country are charging wildly varying...
Medicare for all would save $600 billion a year in...
A new paper by Steffie Woolhandler et al. in the Annals of Medicine exposes our health care...
Free local resources to help older adults
If you’re looking for free local resources to help older adults, your local Area Agency on Aging...
To save money on your care, consider using a free health clinic
Because health insurance no longer covers large portions of people’s health care costs...