Category Archives: Health care

Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap

How Medicare enrollees are kept ignorant about important options.

New Health Plans Offer Twists on Existing Options, With a Dose of ‘Buyer Beware’

While the image the plans present is one of consumers taking control of their health care costs, the reality is likely the opposite.

British Medical Journal: “Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial”

A new BMJ article raises serious questions about how Pfizer ran its Covid-19 clinical trial.

IM Doc on Medication/Medical Supply Shortages and Political Backlash

Key parts of the medical industry in the US are being held together with duct tape and bailng wire. What happens if the stresses get worse?

Emergency Room Doctors’ Lobbyist Admits to Large-Scale Medicare Billing Fraud by Members, Criminal Corporate Practice of Medicine by PE Firms

Private equtiy stealing from babies…um, oldsters….um, Medicare. Who’d have thunk it?

Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost

On the Medicare Advantage bait and switch.

“Want to See a Modern Country Commit Suicide? Take a Hard Look at Britain”

Post Brexit Britain is not doing at all well, and things are not going to take a turn any time soon.

In Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews

How Maine’s vaccine-only mandate is thinning staffing of already stressed emergency services.

On the Primacy of the Physician-Patient Relationship, From an Unlikely Source – The Attorney General of Nebraska

On the slippery slope of curtailing a doctor’s ability to treat his patient.

New York City Retirees Refusing to Eat the Medicare Advantage Dogfood

Savvy New York City retirees have worked out that Medicare Advantage sucks.

Officials Double Down on “Let ‘Er Rip” Strategy, Placing Undue Faith in Vaccines as Regions With High Vaccinations Suffer Infection Spikes

Public health officials are again placing too much faith in vaccines as they end key international travel restrictions.

Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans

The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

Community Clinics Shouldered Much of the Vaccine Rollout. Many Haven’t Been Paid.

Clinics are owed tens of millions of dollars, at minimum, for shots they’ve given since the vaccines received emergency authorization.