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Hospitals Knew How to Make Money. Then Coronavirus Happened.
Surgeries are canceled. Business models are shifting. Some of the hardest-hit hospitals may close, leaving patients with fewer options for care.
With Red Tape Lifted, Dr. Zoom Will See You Now
The pandemic pushed Medicare to make telemedicine more financially attractive. Now doctors, patients and regulators will see if they want to stick with it.
Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’
As visits plummet because of the coronavirus, small physician practices are struggling to survive.
Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’
As visits plummet because of the coronavirus, small physician practices are struggling to survive.
The New Great Depression Is Coming. Will There Be a New New Deal?
After the coronavirus, political transformation may be inevitable.
Nursing Homes Were a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Long before Covid-19, poor care and lax standards were widespread and well known.
How Joe Biden Can Own Health Care
To achieve affordable health care for everyone, he should look closely at the plan of a particular former rival.
How the Pandemic Can Improve America’s Health Care System
The coronavirus is forcing reforms that could change medicine forever if Congress requires it.
In Outreach to Left, Biden Unveils Plans on Medicare and Student Debt
Looking to appeal to Bernie Sanders’s supporters, Joe Biden announced proposals to lower the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 and to expand student debt forgiveness programs.
Nursing Home Linked to 37 Coronavirus Deaths Faces Fine of $600,000
Federal officials said Life Care Center of Kirkland may be dropped from Medicare and Medicaid programs if the facility cannot come into compliance with federal regulations.
Hospital Safety Rules Are Relaxed to Fight Coronavirus
The federal government has redefined a hospital to include tents and dormitory rooms.
Medicare Is Updating Coverage to Help in the Coronavirus Crisis
With its beneficiaries among the most at risk for Covid-19, the agency is relaxing some rules.
‘Covid-19 Kills Only Old People.’ Only?
Why are we OK with old people dying?
Coronavirus Tests Are Now Free, but Treatment Could Still Cost You
Congress passed legislation covering people’s costs for getting tested for the virus, but you could still face high bills for everything else.
Don’t Rush to Dismiss Medicare for All
Readers, American and Canadian, take issue with an Op-Ed article.
Insulin Costs May Be Capped in a Medicare Program
If drug companies and insurers agree to participate, the Trump administration proposes limiting insulin costs to $35 a month for some older Americans.
Pelosi, Seeking to Insulate House Majority, Presses Plan to Lower Health Costs
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan is aimed at distancing vulnerable Democrats from Medicare for All and other proposals being pushed by the party’s presidential contenders.
Coronavirus Highlights the Pitfalls of Health Deductibles
There’s a risk in cost sharing: It may deter people from getting needed care.
The Dangers of Medicare for All
It is pure fantasy to believe that the access and quality Americans enjoy today would hold if private insurance were abolished.
How Democrats Would Raise Taxes on the Rich
Investment income of the wealthy is a target that unifies leading presidential candidates and top Democrats in Congress.
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