Healthcare and Caregiving

Those who have instead opted for traditional Medicare face a critical decision about private insurance. Too often the import of...

President Joe Biden’s mammoth domestic spending bill would add hearing benefits to the traditional Medicare program — one of three...

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that is pervasive...

Various analyses have found many readmissions within a month of discharge might have been avoided through better care and more...

Across the country, medical directors of skilled nursing and long-term care sites say they’ve been scrambling to obtain doses of...

Health equity advocates see President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide dental coverage to...

The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments...

One Medicare advocacy group is airing messages aimed at alarming the public and encouraging Congress not to make cuts to...

Despite the high-powered advertising of the Medicare Advantage plans, beneficiaries still generally end up with significant out-of-pocket costs for vision...