That scary message sent by AARP arrived in my mailbox causing me to almost choke on my leftover turkey sandwich!  The hard-to-miss postcard went on to say: You've earned your ... Read More

Now that the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone and you've recovered from the "Black Friday" shopping frenzy, it's time to refocus on your Medicare choices for 2011. If you are enrolled in ... Read More

To all my friends and website users, have a peaceful and healthy Thanksgiving. Although the economy is slowly improving, there are still many people who are out of work and in ... Read More

FactCheck, one of my "go-to" websites for checking on political myths and misleading information, recently published an article about the increase in health care premiums. The Republican leadership in Congress is blaming ... Read More

Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. The Innovation Center, created by the Affordable Care Act, will ... Read More

The Commonwealth Fund recently conducted a health policy survey, which compared the US and other countries.  The survey, carried out from March through June of this year, focused on peoples' ... Read More

Between today and December 31, you can choose a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D) or switch from your current plan. Although there are fewer plans available for 2011, you ... Read More

The majority of large employers (companies with 500 or more employees) will continue to offer health coverage after state-run health insurance exchanges are up and running in 2014, according to ... Read More

About 59 million residents of the U.S. lacked health insurance in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number represents an increase of four million ... Read More

With the midterm elections over (thankfully, so I can stop hearing all the hateful ads), what impact do you think the Republican victories will have on health reform? In an interesting ... Read More

We'll have to wait for the new Congress to convene before we get a sense of what will happen to the Affordable Care Act. The big question is how much ... Read More

In a clear repudiation of the current administration's policies, the American public has sent a clear message to Washington.  How the changes in Congress and at the state level will ... Read More

Now that your sugar rush from Halloween has passed, it's time to turn your attention to tomorrow's election. Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is flawed, I continue to be amazed ... Read More