Today, KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors.
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Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?
Posted on 28 January 2023.
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Amazon Launches A Subscription Prescription Drug Service
Posted on 25 January 2023.
Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business. The retail giant said Tuesday that it will launch RxPass, a subscription service for customers who have Prime memberships.
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What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
Posted on 19 January 2023.
A new coronavirus variant is circulating, the most transmissible one yet. Hospitalizations of infected patients are rising. And older adults represent nearly 90% of U.S. deaths from covid-19 in recent months, the largest portion since the start of the pandemic.
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Leqembi: New Drug Slows Alzheimer’s But Comes With Caveats
Posted on 12 January 2023.
A new Alzheimer’s drug is hitting the market, the first with clear-cut evidence that it can slow, by several months, the mind-robbing disease.
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Cannabis-Related Emergency Room Visits Rising Among Older Adults
Posted on 11 January 2023.
As a growing number of older adults are experimenting with cannabis to help alleviate chronic symptoms, a new study has identified a sharp increase in emergency department visits related to the drug.
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Lost Sleep and Jangled Nerves: The Rising Onslaught of Noise Harms Mind and Body
Posted on 09 January 2023.
Mike Thomson’s friends refuse to stay over at his house anymore. Thomson lives about 50 yards from a busy freeway that bisects California’s capital city.
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