In 2017, Rachel Aviv wrote a story for the New Yorker on how an older couple in Nevada ended up...
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Drug ads should be banned, not required to include drug prices
President Trump recently proposed requiring pharmaceutical companies to include a drug’s...
Few doctors opt out of Medicare
If you have traditional Medicare, you have coverage from virtually any doctor or hospital in the...
Rescuing retirement with Social Security plus
In an article for Politico, Jacob Hacker lays out his vision for rescuing...
2018 Trustees’ reports show GOP tax cuts hurt Medicare and...
The Medicare and Social Security Trustees just released their reports on these two vital social...
Out-of-pocket costs for Part D brand drugs way up
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) just released a...
Concerns about your antidepressant? Talk to your doctor!
On April 8, 2018, the New York Times published a front-page article titled, “The Murky Perils of...
State efforts to rein in prescription drug costs
The overwhelming majority of the public supports government intervention to bring down drug...
VA program offers older veterans care in private homes
Patricia Kime reports for Kaiser Health News on foster homes for older veterans. At these private...
Pharma’s monopolies are the reason for high drug prices
David Blumenthal, President of the Commonwealth Fund, explains in the Fund’s blog, that the...