Hospital rates are out of control for people with private health insurance. Medicare, in sharp...
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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...
Coronavirus and Congress: How to help older workers
The novel coronavirus has hit Americans hard. And, it has hit older workers especially hard. Not...
Coronavirus: Older adults take full advantage of Medicare...
Medicare began covering a broad array of telehealth services during this coronavirus pandemic. And...
Coronavirus is making it harder to get long-term care
The financial and emotional toll of caring for older adults has always been enormous. The novel...
Coronavirus: Should nursing homes be for-profit?
Matthew Goldstein et al. reports for The New York Times that most US nursing homes were losing...
Coronavirus: The importance of health care proxies
Sadly, the novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the lives of older adults. Many more older adults...
2020: What you might not know about Medicare Advantage plans
The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new report on Medicare Advantage plans–private health...
Why are taxpayers paying Medicare Advantage plans for VA care?
A new study, published in JAMA network, finds that the VA delivers a significant amount of costly...
Coronavirus: Medicare Advantage plans doing little to ensure...
In the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...