Jun 16 How one entrepreneur found success over pancakes By Eric Whitney, Kaiser Health News A computer programmer and a kid in a Batman suit walk into a pancake house...it sounds like a joke, but it really happened, and now the programmer, Dave Vockell, has a new product to bring to market. It's an app… Continue reading
May 12 High price tag puts Hepatitis-C cure out of reach for boomers on Medicare By Richard Knox, NPR A growing number of people who got infected in the 1960s through the 1990s have now "used up" the infection's latency period, notes Dr. Camilla Graham of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, "which is why we're now seeing this… Continue reading
Apr 10 Medicare officials hope release of data will help identify waste and combat fraud By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Medicare’s release Wednesday of millions of records of payments made to the nation’s doctors comes as the government is looking to find more cost-efficient ways to pay physicians, particularly specialists. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch Medicare data raises fresh questions about concentrated payout for few doctors By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Documents reveal Medicare's top-paid doctors earned millions By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Serdar Tumgoren, Associated Press Medicare paid a tiny group of doctors $3 million or more apiece in 2012. One got nearly $21 million. Those are among the findings of an Associated Press analysis of physician data released Wednesday by the Obama administration, part of… Continue reading
Mar 31 Here's why it might be a good idea to retire in Alaska By Elizabeth Shell How does you state rank in terms of financial pressure for workers who want to one day retire? We mapped and charted the data. Continue reading
Mar 20 Can you really live better longer without long-term care insurance? By Lewis Mandell Not all readers bought Lew Mandell's skepticism of long-term care insurance. Is it not a smart investment for Americans who can't afford to self-insure their future care? Mandell returns to explain when this investment makes sense and when it's a… Continue reading
Mar 02 Federal health insurance deadline fast approaching By Associated Press The big deadline is coming March 31. By that day, for the first time, nearly everyone in the United States is required to be signed up for health insurance or risk paying a fine. Continue reading
Feb 21 Popular Medicare Advantage plans could face cuts By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Obama administration says cuts to Medicare Advantage plans are on the table for next year. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Congress grills Medicare head as some insurance holders get cancellation notices Congress grills Medicare head as some insurance holders get cancellation notices… Continue watching