A new survey from the American Society of Radiation Oncology illustrates the dangers of prior...
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Why see a geriatrician?
Today, more than 55 million Americans are over 65. The US has an older population than it has ever...
How to make America healthy again
Adam Gaffney writes for In These Times about how to make America healthy again: A universal...
The cap on Social Security contributions must go
During the first week of January, billionaires in the US received an early Valentine. They stopped...
Will UnitedHealth stop denying care inappropriately or simply...
Shareholders at UnitedHealth are proposing that the company study and report publicly on the...
Prices for top Medicare drugs are up a lot
The prices for brand-name drugs have been rising much faster than the rate of inflation for tens of...
Portugal’s health care system focuses on primary care and...
Portugal spends much less than the US on health care for its citizens, but it focuses on primary...
UnitedHealth physicans help boost insurers’ Medicare...
UnitedHealth now employs or contracts with about 10 percent of the physicians in the US. It’s...
Medicare prices for all?
It’s as yet unclear what the Trump administration and the Republican Congress will do to...
2025: Could Americans be getting healthier?
For as long as I can recall, Americans have ranked well below dozens of other countries on life...