‘Project Lifesaver’ Tracks Wandering Seniors With Dementia
Aiken's Public Safety Department uses GPS bracelets and anklets from Project Lifesaver International, a nonprofit organization, to track dementia patients who wander.
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Aiken's Public Safety Department uses GPS bracelets and anklets from Project Lifesaver International, a nonprofit organization, to track dementia patients who wander.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the "super committee" has a chance at tamping down the nation's debt and slowing Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes - the American Dream.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist about the "super committee's" chance at tamping down the nation's debt. Frist says the panel has a chance to lower the debt and Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes this time - the American Dream.
Michelle Andrews, KHN's "Insuring Your Health" columnist answers a question from an uninsured reader with a big health-care bill. She's looking for advice on future care.
In his remarks to the country about the S & P downgrade, President Barack Obama said the country needed tax reform and "modest adjustments to health care programs like Medicare."
Readers react to Jordan Rau's review of the upcoming Medicare push to make hospitals accountable for some of what happens to patients after discharge
The former governor says he "passed health care reform the right way. No mandates. No takeovers." But critics argue that it is unclear if the law will lower costs and it does little to expand insurance coverage.
The federal health care law gives officials new tools to help hold down rates, but states' authority and political will still vary widely.
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