In the last few weeks, I’ve given a couple of talks focused on Medicare Advantage. I always...
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Medicare for all would rationalize the cost of care
In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus explains that, if we did not rely on...
Planning for outdoor cold weather activity: What you may not know
Pandemic or not, we all need to be exercising. It’s good for the mind and the body. Kelly...
Biden administration acts to ensure people with disabilities...
The Trump administration worked hard to destroy Social Security every which way it could. Among...
Several states plan to import drugs from Canada
With drug prices in the US now substantially more than twice as much as in other countries, Donald...
Coronavirus: Health insurers celebrate their most profitable year
As millions of Americans celebrated President Biden’s inauguration, some of my former colleagues...
Big hospital systems buying up public hospitals
Among other problems with for-profit health systems is that even when they work today, tomorrow is...
Health care: Where’s the data?
If we’ve learned anything during this novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s that the data...
Trump pardons several Medicare fraudsters
Fred Schulte of Kaiser Health News reports that Donald Trump, on his way out of office, granted...
Debt among older Americans increasing in good part because of...
More older Americans are facing debt now than 20 years ago, reports the Employee Benefits Research...