Because the government pays plans based on the health status of their members, the insurers find ways to make their patients appear as sick as possible, thus significantly increasing their profits.
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A Two-Year Reprieve For Medicare Insolvency Sounds Like Good News. But It Isn’t
The Medicare trustees’ new estimate that the program’s Part A Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust fund will remain solvent for an extra two years—to 2028—sounds like good news. But before you break out the champagne, keep a few things in mind:
Families Must Provide More Medical Care At Home, But With Little Training
The study, by Julia Burgdorf of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and co-authors, looked at home health care after hospital discharge.
Biden’s Plan To Expand Broadband Will Be A Huge Help To Older Adults
While much of the attention on expanded broadband is focused on how it will help young families with children, it also will improve access to medical care and monitoring as well as social supports and services—critical benefits for older adults who hav…
Are Critics Of Private Equity Nursing Home Ownership Living In The Past?
Industry experts tell me that, increasingly, big investors in senior services are abandoning nursing facilities in favor of the far more lucrative home health business and, in some cases, private-pay senior housing.
A Blue-Ribbon Panel Calls Nursing Home Care “Ineffective, Inefficient, Fragmented, And Unsustainable”
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine has issued a scathing report on the state of nursing homes in the US. “The way in which the United States finances, delivers, and regulates care in nursing home settings is ineffective, ineff…
Aging In Place Is All The Rage, But It Is Not Easy
It has become increasingly popular to promote home as a setting for both sophisticated medical treatment and long-term care, and often for good reason. But supporters need to recognize the burden it places on families who must take on ever-challenging …
Biden Proposes Major Nursing Home Reforms
They include efforts to require minimum staffing levels; limit shared rooms; enhance inspections, penalties, and transparency; and crack down on owners with a history of poor quality.
How Nursing Home Staff Shortages Are Hurting Hospital Care
By now, you’ve probably heard about the desperate shortage of nurses and aides in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
How The Medical System Is Failing People With Down Syndrome And Alzheimer’s Disease
As they live longer, up to ninety percent of people with Down Syndrome will have Alzheimer’s Disease.
