Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
The Biden administration wants to crack down on deceptive or misleading Medicare Advantage and drug plan sales tactics. It’s counting on beneficiaries to help catch offenders.
FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity
Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, says a recent lawsuit is meant to chill the consolidation of medical groups that results in higher prices for consumers. But it may be too late to curb price hikes.
An Arm and a Leg: To Get Health Insurance, This Couple Made a Movie
On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” hear how a couple wrote and directed a short film, starring one of them — just to maintain health insurance through the actors union.
‘Forever Chemicals’ in Thousands of Private Wells Near Military Sites, Study Finds
New research finds that private wells near more than 82% of select military sites were contaminated with PFAS chemicals.
Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors
Some hospitals and physician groups are rejecting Medicare Advantage plans over payment rates and coverage restrictions, causing turmoil for patients.
Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Use Trump’s Covid Record to Court Vaccine Skeptics
‘Everybody in This Community Has a Gun’: How Oakland Lost Its Grip on Gun Violence
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Back Pain? Bum Knee? Be Prepared to Wait for a Physical Therapist
Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care
How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients
Progressive and Anti-Abortion? New Group Plays Fast and Loose to Make Points
Dying Broke
Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care
The United States has no coherent system of long-term care, leading many to struggle to stay independent or rely on a patchwork of solutions.
