October 2018 – Page 2 – medicarereport.org

Health care can be one of the biggest expenses in retirement

According the a HealthView Services’ report, it found that 69 percent of adults aged 65 and older believed they’d need

Millions of seniors rely on Medicare for health benefits. So, whether you’re new to the program or already enrolled, there

(By Anna Bolko-Weyrauch for NPR) When he was police chief of Stanwood, Wash., population 7,000, Ty Trenary thought rural communities

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) President Donald Trump’s new pledge to crack down on “the global freeloading”

(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Janet Winston had a rash that wouldn’t go away. The English professor

(By Harrison Cook for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Oct. 24 to increase

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Overall healthcare prices in Anchorage, Alaska and San Jose, Calif., are 65 percent

The current estimate of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, is 5.7 million and that

(By Frank Morris for NPR) The sharp rise in opioid abuse and fatal overdoses has overshadowed another mounting drug problem:

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday blasted pharmaceutical companies for having “rigged the system” against