July 2018 – Page 9 – medicarereport.org

Healthcare is a major expense for seniors so understanding Medicare is important

If you are new to Medicare, you may not understand how the program works and that could hurt you at

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Alan Dambach was in his late 50s when he noticed how unsteady his hands had

(By Bruce Horovitz for Kaiser Health News) Donn Trenner, 91, estimates that two-thirds of his friends are dead. “That’s a

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Of the 26 states that have seen at least one rural hospital close

(By Sara Ray and Kathleen Hoffman for STAT) History is repeating itself. Twenty years ago, a pain management crisis existed.

In an effort to coax patients away from expensive drugs, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) have introduced a new “copay accumulator”

(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) Preventive care experts have been divided for years on how to best counsel women

(By Blake Farmer for NPR) Vicki Bartholomew started a support group for wives who are caring for a husband with

(By Damian Garde for STAT) Biogen is declaring success with a once-failed treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, pointing to positive secondary

(By Matthew Garcia for Kaiser Health News) The American struggle to curb opioid addiction could become collateral damage in President