Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the help they need often isn’t easy. There […]
Category: Health Fitness
El altísimo costo de tener una enfermedad autoinmune en Estados Unidos
Andy Miller Después de años de debilitantes ataques de fatiga, Beth VanOrden finalmente pensó que había encontrado la respuesta a sus problemas cuando en 2016 […]
Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
Susan Jaffe After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash […]
Trump Puts Obamacare Repeal Back on Agenda
The Host Former president and current 2024 Republican front-runner Donald Trump is aiming to put a repeal of the Affordable Care Act back on the […]
Adultos mayores, detectives contra avisos engañosos de Medicare Advantage
Después de una ofensiva sin precedentes contra las publicidades engañosas de las aseguradoras que venden planes privados de Medicare Advantage y de medicamentos, la administración […]
Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors
A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska hospitals. Across the country, health […]
Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say
The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry’s price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists […]
Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage
Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation. Substantial disparities […]
Back Pain? Bum Knee? Be Prepared to Wait for a Physical Therapist
Mark Kreidler At no point along his three-year path to earning a degree in physical therapy has Matthew Lee worried about getting a job. Being […]
Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care
Andy Miller After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was […]
How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients
By Oona Tempest and Andy Miller November 27, 2023 Article HTML Oona Tempest and Andy Miller About 25 years ago, Andy Miller learned he had […]
Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes Supplies
LOS ANGELES — June Voros sprang from her couch as a high-pitched beep warned her that she needed a quick dose of sugar. Her blood […]
Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits
Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative […]
Out for Blood? For Routine Lab Work, the Hospital Billed Her $2,400
Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN’s office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first […]
From Hospital to Hospitality: Spin Doctors Brand Getting Sick as an Adventure. It’s Not.
Elisabeth Rosenthal The last time I stepped on a plane for vacation, for fun, was more than three years ago. I haven’t been able to […]
What Would a DeSantis Presidency Look Like for Health Care?
Romy Ellenbogen, Tampa Bay Times and Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Ron DeSantis touts himself as a champion of […]