UCLA Memory Program Offers ‘Gym For Your Brain’
Games, stories, tai chi and dancing help patients — and caregivers — cope with memory loss
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Games, stories, tai chi and dancing help patients — and caregivers — cope with memory loss
But the number of enrollees, especially those between 18 and 34, continues to lag expectations.
Some consumers who were stymied by website foul-ups may be able to receive retroactive subsidies or choose different plans.
Drivers are targeted because few have health coverage.
Proponents say new gadgetry could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, but critics worry about commercial uses and possible breaches of privacy.
Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are proposing to remove some drugs from Medicare’s prescription drug plans and limit how many plans insurers can offer. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and CQ Roll Call’s Emily Ethridge discuss.
A number of insurance companies have agreed to give an actuarial firm early information about enrollment and member health in the plans sold on the online marketplaces.
KHN’s consumer columnist explains that people can pick an exchange plan if their individual health insurance policies expire after open enrollment ends. Still, it’s smart to start shopping now.
Nursing home oversight may be moving toward more effective ways to detect poor care.
Research shows that certain sales strategies resonate with American Latinos, but California’s insurance exchange didn’t try any of them initially.
Some consumers will also get more time to keep plans that don’t meet all the law’s requirements.