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GAO: Coordinated Federal Effort On Diets Could Save Lives, Money
GAO called on Congress to identify and direct a federal entity to lead development and implementation of a federal strategy for diet-related efforts aimed at reducing Americans’ risk of chronic health conditions.
GAO: Coordinated Federal Effort On Diets Could Save Lives, Money
GAO called on Congress to identify and direct a federal entity to lead development and implementation of a federal strategy for diet-related efforts aimed at reducing Americans’ risk of chronic health conditions.
Deception By Health Insurance Sales Reps Can Lure Consumers Into Costly Mistakes, GAO Warns
“Sales representatives in some cases (engage) in potentially deceptive marketing practices that could lead a consumer to make poor decisions with the potential to incur significant and unexpected costs if plans purchased do not meet their health covera…
Heightened Substance Abuse Coming To Reopening Offices
As evidence that employees could be returning to offices with bigger drug abuse problems after coronavirus working remotely, NSC points out that at least 30 states are reporting spikes in fatal opioid overdoses.
Not All COVID-19 Testing Sites Are Legit, Warns FTC
“There’s no shortage of scammers setting up fake COVID-19 testing sites to cash in on the crisis,” the agency warns.
The fakes are dangerous, the FTC points out, because they can spread the virus since they don’t follow sanitation protocols.
Covid-19 Workplace Precautions Issued By OSHA
The agency says healthcare and morgue workers have a very high exposure risk for covid-19 with healthcare delivery, healthcare support, medical transport, and mortuary workers a step below that.
Families Having Problems With Medical Bills Dropped Nearly 30% In 7 Years Reports CDC Says
From 2011 to 2018, families who said they had difficulty with medical expenses in the past year dropped from 19.7 percent to 14.2 percent, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.
Retirement Health Costs Posing Major Worry For Nearly Half Of Workers 50-64
“Individuals with low confidence in health insurance affordability were more likely than those with higher confidence to avoid medical care and medications, the authors from the Institute of Health Policy & Innovation at the University of Michigan wrot…
Boomers Facing Large Scale Homelessness, Congress Warned
“Without serious attention and planning, we will have elderly paupers on our streets and in our parks in large numbers,” Dr. Joanne Lynn, policy analyst for the Program to Improve Elder Care at the Medicare and Medicaid consulting firm Altarum asserted.
Healthy Living Can Delay Alzheimer’s. Letting Seniors Work Longer Saves Medical Costs, Senate Told
“We should let the American population know despite their family history and personal genetics, in the vast majority of cases, lifestyle and behavioral changes have the potential to preserve and promote brain health and prevent age-related diseases,” t…
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