Vietnam Vets and Rare Form of Cancer
Ralph Erickson, who heads post-deployment health services at the Department of Veterans Affairs said about 700 Cholangiocarcinoma (caused by parasites
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Month: November 2016
Concerned About Losing Your Marketplace Plan? ACA Repeal May Take Awhile
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) President-elect Donald Trump has promised that he’ll ask Congress to repeal the Affordable
Read MoreHHS watchdog office steps up focus on drug pricing
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Seeking to address rising concerns about prescription medicines, the watchdog arm of the US Department
Read MoreChanges coming for Medicaid after Trump’s election. Will patients lose coverage?
(By Andrew Joseph and Casey Ross for STAT) Governors are anticipating gaining more authority over the massive Medicaid health program
Read MoreAging and Affordable Housing
In a recent report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Senior Health and Housing Task Force, we are unprepared for the
Read MoreWhat does Donald Trump’s win mean for science and medicine?
(By Damian Garde for STAT) It’s hard to escape the din of the nation’s prognostication industry coming to terms with
Read MoreBallot Initiatives: Voters Reject Calif. Drug Pricing Measure; Colo. Single-Payer System
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) It’s been a tumultuous presidential campaign, with the outcome billed as a “change”
Read MoreMedicare Supplement vs Medicare Advantage
In Toni King’s column, he explains the difference between a Medicare Supplement and a Medicare Advantage PPO plan. Read column
Read MoreTelemedicine Available to some Medicare Advantage Plans in 2017
Humana will expand their collaboration with MDLive to make telemedicine services available to Medicare Advantage members in Georgia and South
Read MoreBackground Information on Medicare Plans to Help You Make a Choice
In Karen Tellen-Lawton’s column, she gives a little background information on Medicare in effort to help the reader to understand
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