Preparing for old age needs to start when you’re young. Life habits of regular exercise, healthy diet, regular medical and dental check-ups, challenging mental activity and healthy social life. The goal is a long healthspan, not just a long lifespan. Financial planning is also important. Wealth and health are statistically correlated. “The wealthiest older Americans […]
Folks who had chicken pox as a child are at risk for shingles. In its extreme manifestation, shingles patients suffer pain to the point of suicidal ideation. The good news is that there’s a vaccine for that. And it not only prevents shingles. “Having shingles boosted the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) such […]
“Staggering Premium Spikes Due to GOP Subsidy Cuts,” Common Dreams More than 20 million Americans are expected to see their health insurance premiums more than double next year after Republicans refused to extend a tax credit for those who purchase health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. And as the GOP remains firm in its stance […]
Fifth term Virginia’s 8th District U.S. Representative representing Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, and parts of Fairfax County, Don Beyer talks healthcare. By no stretch of the imagination could Tru_p, Mikie Johnson, etc, be promoting something better for the public. Canceling out the funding for ACA, Medicaid and a part of the subsidy for Medicare is […]
I am X-military, having served during the Vietnam conflict where many of my friends died or were injured. If you chat with me about your war stories, I will probably just nod my head. My overseas duty was with 8th Marines in Cuba as a 2881 MOS even though I was deadly with an M14. […]
Two articles in this commentary. The first CEPR article discusses selective loss of Medicare Advantage enrollees. This not necessarily because of people leaving the plans. It is more on the order of the plans cutting benefits in certain plans and also cutting coverage in certain markets of the US. People are also using their plans […]
I’ve written previously about the shortage of primary care physicians in the US. In principle, one way to address this shortage is to admit more international medical graduates as physicians. But an historic barrier to this solution is the requirement for US residency training. Some states are passing laws allowing international medical graduates if they […]
It appears that the government shutdown has finally caught up with the CDC . . . none of their Covid demographics were updated this week, and the wastewater data still only goes up till the week ending September 20th . . . I don’t know if the data that they’ve missed will be caught up […]
We have posted information on Angry Bear before from various and different sources. We expect healthcare costs to increase. The article says 15 million will lose healthcare coverage. I have seen reports of up to 20 million will lose healthcare coverage. Many will lose coverage as a result of cutting Medicaid and loss of subsidies […]
The way to make money in medicine is to do procedures (colonoscopies, surgery). Primary care physicians, as a rule, don’t to procedures. They diagnose and, when necessary, refer to a specialist for procedures. So primary care physicians don’t make the big bucks. Med school graduates carrying loans from college and medical school are attracted to […]