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As states absorb Medicaid funding cuts, family caregivers face financial ruin
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (697+ words) In 2018, Kristine Fifer was lucky to avoid bankruptcy. “I lost everything,” said Fifer, who also has a 13-year-old son. But eight years later, Fifer’s luck has run out. “With these new cuts, I’m done. I’m going to foreclose,” Fifer said,…...
Private Medicare plans erect barriers to rehab care in pursuit of profit, federal investigators find
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (213+ words) Ross and Herman have been investigating denials of rehabilitative care by large health insurers for three years. They previously published an investigation into insurers’ reliance on NaviHealth to scrutinize these requests, which was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. These…...
Grail’s multi-cancer early detection trial was negative. But as an oncologist, I see more to this story
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (474+ words) Raoof is an assistant professor in radiation oncology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. At least 12 of my colleagues boarded planes to the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago last week to hear Charles Swanton…...
Health insurers score major win with higher 2027 Medicare Advantage rates
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (253+ words) Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry — with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
The indirect — and sometimes surprising — benefits of vaccines
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1720+ words) With a backlash against vaccines following the Covid-19 pandemic — and the rise of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — there has been an intense focus among some in the United States on the importance of individual autonomy and “medical freedom…...
Congressional advisers call to rein in Medicare Advantage spending amid industry pressure
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (279+ words) Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry — with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
The flu vaccine is working
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (646+ words) After getting demolished by the flu last week, I am thrilled to be back in the saddle. Stay healthy, everyone! President Trump announced a suite of policies yesterday that would let the federal government exert more control over pharmaceutical companies,…...
Tech-enabled caregiving can help dementia patients stay at home — perhaps for too long
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (193+ words) Karlawish is a professor of medicine, medical ethics, health policy, and neurology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and co-director of the Penn Memory Center. As Peter strode across 20th Street, his mother’s apartment building came into view....
Stop overloading older adults with Medicare plan choices
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (363+ words) By Wändi Bruine de Bruin and Jonathan Blum As a behavioral researcher and a former chief operating officer at Medicare, we know that switching could save beneficiaries hundreds — perhaps thousands — of dollars per year, depending on how their insurer has…...