Harris Correct That Trump Fell Short on Promise To Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices
The former president instead favored a temporary model that could鈥檝e brought down prices of some prescription drugs, but it was blocked by the courts.
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The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine
New court filings and lobbying reports reveal an industry drive to tamp down critics 鈥 and retain billions of dollars in overcharges.
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Journalists Give Insights Into Opioid Settlements and Picking a Nursing Home
51视频 Health News and California Healthline staff took to the airwaves recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a 鈥済ray revolution鈥 in older adults鈥 living arrangements. It can have profound health consequences.
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In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors
State and local governments are struggling to keep up with the increasing burden of heat-related illness as summers get hotter because of climate change. In Missoula County, Montana, officials are working with researchers to understand trends in heat-related 911 calls.
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Watch: Tips on Finding a Good Nursing Home
51视频 Health News鈥 Jordan Rau explains how to tell the good nursing homes from the bad ones.
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Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition
A private 2014 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces new scrutiny in a multibillion-dollar Justice Department fraud case against UnitedHealth Group.
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Exercise Is Key for Parkinson鈥檚 Relief. But Bias, Underdiagnosis Hold Black Patients Back.
Exercise is considered fundamental treatment for Parkinson鈥檚 disease, a progressive condition that attacks the central nervous system. But there鈥檚 a huge equity gap, researchers say, with Black people missing from popular treatment programs.
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‘Scared to Death’: Nurses and Residents Confront Rampant Violence in Dementia Care Facilities
Clashes between residents 鈥 verbal, physical, and sexual 鈥 can be spontaneous and too unpredictable to prevent. But the chance of an altercation increases when memory care homes admit and retain residents they can鈥檛 manage, according to a 51视频 Health News examination of inspection and court records and interviews with researchers.
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Florida鈥檚 RSV Season Has Started, and It鈥檚 Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.
Florida鈥檚 RSV season begins earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to the University of Florida鈥檚 Emerging Pathogens Institute. New vaccines can help, but most older adults, who are vulnerable to RSV, haven鈥檛 gotten them yet.
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Journalists Drill Down on Ongoing Covid Risks, Escalating Health Care Costs
51视频 Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Harris, Once Biden鈥檚 Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health
If she grabs the baton from President Joe Biden to become the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris would widely be expected to take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access 鈥 hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.
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Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices
Though the Trump administration established a voluntary, temporary program lowering insulin costs for some older Americans on Medicare, the mandatory price caps implemented through Biden鈥檚 Inflation Reduction Act go significantly further.
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Despite Past Storms鈥 Lessons, Long-Term Care Residents Again Left Powerless
Even after multiple massive power outages 鈥 including one from a 2021 winter storm in Texas that prompted a U.S. Senate investigation 鈥 little has changed for older Americans in senior living facilities when natural disasters strike.
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States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
The Biden administration set stringent new federal staffing rules. But for years, nursing homes have failed to meet the toughest standards set by states.
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How to Find a Good, Well-Staffed Nursing Home
Here are the telltale signs to look for in nursing homes to avoid, and resources that can point to better places.
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Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans鈥 List of Health Care Worries
Rising health care costs are fueling anxiety among older Americans covered by Medicare. They鈥檙e right to be concerned.
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1st Biden-Trump Debate of 2024: What They Got Wrong, and Right
A debate marked by President Joe Biden鈥檚 faltering performance featured clashes over insulin costs, inflation, abortion, immigration, and Jan. 6.
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Live From Aspen: Health and the 2024 Elections
Episode 352Health policy may not be the top issue in this year鈥檚 presidential and congressional elections, but it鈥檚 likely to play a key role. President Joe Biden and Democrats intend to hold Republicans responsible for the Supreme Court鈥檚 unpopular ruling overturning the right to abortion, and former President Donald Trump aims to take credit for government efforts to lower prescription drug prices 鈥 even in cases in which he played no role. Meanwhile, some critical health care issues, such as those involving Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, are unlikely to get discussed much, even though the party in power after the elections would control the future of those programs. This week, in an episode taped before a live audience at the Aspen Ideas: Health festival in Aspen, Colorado, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.