FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 - Caught on Camera

Alzheimer’s patients divided on costly new drug: a ‘magic pill’ or ‘risk I’m willing to take’

Medicare has proposed limiting coverage of Aduhelm. Key groups representing patients and families are pressing to make it more widely available. Among people facing the disease, the outlook is more nuanced.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 11, 2022

Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action

Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting a new push in the Senate

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

This Microcap Pharma Stock Almost Doubled Today - Read Why

UnitedHealthcare has added Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ:KALA) Eysuvis (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) 0.25% as a covered brand on its commercial formularies effective March 2022.  Eysuvis now has coverage for approximately 118 million lives or 70% of all commercial lives. Kala also announced that Cigna Medicare had added Eysuvis as a preferred brand effective…

Benzinga · Mar 8, 2022

CBT is wrong in how it understands mental illness

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most popular forms of talking therapy. It is the treatment of choice for depression and anxiety and is a staple of public healthcare systems, such as the NHS and the Australian Medicare system. CBT’s understanding of mental illness and therapeutic techniques is…

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2022

Plan to fix Postal Service shifts new retirees to Medicare — along with billions in costs

A congressional effort to fix the nation’s deteriorating mail service may come at the expense of an even bigger and more complicated problem: Medicare solvency.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

GPs should be trained to treat more mental health patients to ease ‘national emergency’, peak body says

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners calls for Medicare restructure amid psychiatrist shortage and gaps in regional coverage

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022

The relentless high prices of private health care

The prices are still relentlessly high.

Axios · Feb 25, 2022

Arreglar el Seguro Social animaría la agenda después de las elecciones de mitad de periodo

WASHINGTON— Si los republicanos toman una o ambas cámaras del Congreso en noviembre, no te sorprendas si el fortalecimiento de las finanzas de la Seguro Social se convierte en un área de enfoque bipartidista.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan

With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer “Medicare for All” program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed by the government that could compete with private insurance plans sold on the health care exchanges. The idea behind this “public option” is that it…

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

Social Security fixes could animate post-midterms agenda

WASHINGTON — If Republicans take one or both chambers of Congress in November, don’t be surprised if shoring up Social Security’s finances becomes an area of bipartisan focus.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022