When President Obama embraced same-sex marriage last week, he tried to frame it as an issue for the states to resolve. But federal laws and policies are very much front and center in the battle for a level financial playing field for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans – especially seniors. And the Obama [...] [read full article…]
When an older patients experience memory loss or confusion, it’s not uncommon for doctors to suspect dementia is the cause. But Dr. Roseann Leipzig’s first thought is to check a patient’s list of medications – and not just the prescriptions. “Even many of the medications you can get over the counter can cause problems,” says [...] [read full article…]
In Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon Days, all the children are above average. In Washington, the same impossible math is being applied to Medicare’s managed-care insurance plans. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes funds to pay special bonuses to Medicare Advantage plans offering above-average quality of care. Instead, the Obama Administration is paying the bonuses to [...] [read full article…]
There may not be a consensus in the nation’s capital on how to control the cost of health care, but businesses and their employees are not sitting around waiting for clarity. They are voting with their wallets for one approach that’s already available: Account-based health insurance plans, which offer lower premiums in exchange for high [...] [read full article…]
If the Supreme Court overturns President Obama’s health care reform law in June, Americans without health coverage may get some relief anyway – especially if they live in Rhode Island, Maryland or Oregon. These states are at the head of the pack in implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and they were working to expand [...] [read full article…]
