(By – Tanya Basu, Time) American hospitals have reduced deaths, hospitalizations, and costs among people over the age of 65 in

(By – CAITLIN OWENS, www.nationaljournal.com) Medicare’s 50th anniversary is giving rise not only to celebration, but also to well-founded concern about the

(By – LOUISE SHEINER) The sustainability of the U.S. fiscal outlook depends on the path of health costs, particularly Medicare, the

(By – Janell Sluga, post-journal.com) Question: I recently got a letter from a provider that said Medicare will not pay the bill

(By – Linda P. Fried, Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health) On July 30,

(By – Robert J. Samuelson, www.washingtonpost.com) It was exactly 50 years ago this week that President Lyndon B. Johnson flew to Independence,

(By – Felice J. Freyer,  www.bostonglobe.com) Susan Johnson was never afraid to talk about death. But whenever she tried to discuss