Health care is not a television. Among other things, you have little clue what you are buying, both...
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More than one in three older adults could be taking...
Should you be taking all the medications you are taking? With medicine, sometimes less is more. ...
If we reduce administrative costs, we lower health care costs
In the Health Affairs Blog, Harvard economics professor, David M. Cutler, explains why health care...
Majority of Americans support a public health insurance option
Vice-President Biden is proposing that the government offer people a public health insurance...
Medicare Advantage: Will you get care from the doctors you want...
It’s Medicare Open Enrollment season in the midst of a novel coronavirus pandemic. If you...
FDA is hiding information on supplements that are dangerous
The FDA regulates dietary supplements, including beauty products, sexual enhancement products, and...
Government-administered long-term care insurance is long overdue
Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, more than 46,000 people have died in nursing...
Coronavirus: Are hospitals prepared for the flu season?
Now that we are more than eight months into the novel coronavirus, you might think that hospitals...
Social Security benefits will barely rise in 2021
Social Security is the primary income of three out of five beneficiaries aged 55 and older. This...
Joe Biden will build a strong public health infrastructure
Atul Gawande makes the case for electing Joe Biden President in the New Yorker. He argues that a...