The ideal began to get real on Tuesday, as seven of the top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination sparred over the price tag on health care reform and even revealed similarities on issues like marijuana legalization. With Democrats in ... [Continue Reading]
U.S. Medical Panel Thinks Twice About Pushing Cognitive Screening For Dementia
Navigating Aging Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 45 million seniors and their families navigate ... [Continue Reading]
Medicare Advantage Is A Fast-Growing, Lucrative Marketplace. But Is It Benefiting Patients Or Insurers More?
The new popularity of Medicare Advantage plans has grown without much public policy debate about the effects of large-scale privatization on patient health and on the costs to both the government and enrollees. Critics are worried about what that ... [Continue Reading]
Scalpels Out: Democrats Make Slashing Attacks On Health Care Plans
Top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination torched one another’s proposals to reform the health care system Wednesday, as the contest to unify behind a single candidate to defeat President Donald Trump took a bitterly divisive ... [Continue Reading]
Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says No.
“Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ plan “would cost more than the entire federal budget that we spend now.” Former Vice President Joe Biden in comments during the New Hampshire presidential primary debate, Feb.7 ... [Continue Reading]