Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves
In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia by themselves often fall through the cracks.
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Montana Looks To Fast-Track Medicaid Access for Older Applicants
As Montanaās population ages, providers serving low-income seniors say more people arenāt getting the care they need as they wait to get on Medicaid. Montana lawmakers are considering creating a shortcut to that care.
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Older Menās Connections Often Wither When Theyāre on Their Own
Older men who find themselves living alone tend to have fewer close personal relationships than older women. Theyāre vulnerable, physically and emotionally, but often reluctant to ask for help.
The Health of the Campaign
Episode 366The 2024 presidential race is taking on a familiar tone ā with Democrats accusing Republicans of wanting to ban abortion and repeal the Affordable Care Act and Republicans insisting they have no such plans. Voters will determine whom they believe. Meanwhile, for the second time in a month, a state judge overturned an abortion ban, but few expect the decision to settle the matter. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Lauren Sausser, who reported and wrote the latest Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News-Washington Post āBill of the Month,ā about a teenage athlete whose needed surgery lacked a billing code.
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Harris Correct That Trump Fell Short on Promise To Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices
The former president instead favored a temporary model that couldāve brought down prices of some prescription drugs, but it was blocked by the courts.
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The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine
New court filings and lobbying reports reveal an industry drive to tamp down critics ā and retain billions of dollars in overcharges.
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Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a āgray revolutionā in older adultsā living arrangements. It can have profound health consequences.
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In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors
State and local governments are struggling to keep up with the increasing burden of heat-related illness as summers get hotter because of climate change. In Missoula County, Montana, officials are working with researchers to understand trends in heat-related 911 calls.
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Watch: Tips on Finding a Good Nursing Home
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Jordan Rau explains how to tell the good nursing homes from the bad ones.
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Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition
A private 2014 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces new scrutiny in a multibillion-dollar Justice Department fraud case against UnitedHealth Group.
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For Pharma, Trump vs. Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes
Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as more aggressive than former President Donald Trump in taking on pharmaceutical companies, but Trump allies say he would also make lowering drug costs a top priority.
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Trump Drastically Inflates Annual Fentanyl Death Numbers
The former presidentās claim of 300,000 annual opioid deaths contradicts government statistics.
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Harris Did Not Vote To āCut Medicare,ā Despite Trump’s Claim
Former President Donald Trumpās claim that Vice President Kamala Harris voted to ācut Medicareā is false, experts say.
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Exercise Is Key for Parkinsonās Relief. But Bias, Underdiagnosis Hold Black Patients Back.
Exercise is considered fundamental treatment for Parkinsonās disease, a progressive condition that attacks the central nervous system. But thereās a huge equity gap, researchers say, with Black people missing from popular treatment programs.
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‘Scared to Death’: Nurses and Residents Confront Rampant Violence in Dementia Care Facilities
Clashes between residents ā verbal, physical, and sexual ā can be spontaneous and too unpredictable to prevent. But the chance of an altercation increases when memory care homes admit and retain residents they canāt manage, according to a Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News examination of inspection and court records and interviews with researchers.
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Urgent Care or ER? With āOne-Stop Shop,ā Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof
Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services ā often by a lot.
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Floridaās RSV Season Has Started, and Itās Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.
Floridaās RSV season begins earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to the University of Floridaās Emerging Pathogens Institute. New vaccines can help, but most older adults, who are vulnerable to RSV, havenāt gotten them yet.
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Harris, Once Bidenās Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health
If she grabs the baton from President Joe Biden to become the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris would widely be expected to take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access ā hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.
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At Trumpās GOP Convention, Thereās Little To Be Heard on Health Care
Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. Theyāve said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
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Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices
Though the Trump administration established a voluntary, temporary program lowering insulin costs for some older Americans on Medicare, the mandatory price caps implemented through Bidenās Inflation Reduction Act go significantly further.