“People who have more authority and status and control over their jobs are much less likely than others to retire voluntarily,” #retirement researcher Teresa Ghilarducci tells Paula Span The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/07/20/hea…

“My North Star has been about building healthier communities”, says Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH for my latest The Lancet profile. “I loved being a physician, but I’m always thinking about the broader context in which my patients live.” thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Former US President Donald Trump spent 93 minutes accepting the Republican Party's nomination for president... But there was no time to mention major health-care issues [that] consume the largest part of the US budget. via The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

“We have more reconfigured families than ever before, and these families may increasingly rely on someone who’s not a biological child,” Deborah Carr, a Boston University sociologist, tells @Paula_Span. Is step-parent #caregiving more complicated? nytimes.com/2024/08/03/hea…

ARPA-H awards up to $150 million "to develop technologies that will allow surgeons to provide more successful tumor-removal surgeries for people facing cancer." whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

...She tried to pull at the tubes and IV lines protruding from her body. She motioned to her daughter and the doctors that she desperately wanted her breathing tube removed. “They had me tied down,” Ms. Cooper said. “I was scared to death.” Kate Raphael nytimes.com/2024/08/26/wel…

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The #September11th Victim Compensation Fund is "keenly aware of declining health in the 9/11 community, w/ cancer diagnoses on the rise, and, tragically, a death toll that now far EXCEEDS the number of lives lost on that day 23 years ago."  #WTC vcf.gov/blog/message-s…

What's one of the worse things that can happen if a #nursinghome won't fix health & safety violations after months of warnings? If the federal govt pays the bill for Medicare or Medicaid patients, it stops paying, shuts it down & residents are evicted. ctmirror.org/2024/09/10/abb…

"I'll be the first pro-choice ob/gyn doctor elected to Congress," Dr. Kristin Lyerly tells Joyce Frieden. Lyerly, a Democrat, is running in Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Due to the state's abortion laws, she cares for patients in nearby Minnesota. medpagetoday.com/washington-wat…

Know your Medicare benefits: MEDICARE & YOU 2025, the official guide to everything #Medicare from CMSGov, is now available. If you have Medicare or #MedicareAdvantage & didn't get a copy in the mail, call 800-MEDICARE. (No Medicare number needed.) medicare.gov/publications/1…

This article says free COVID19 test are available TODAY from COVIDtests.gov but the site now says: "Coming soon! Order your free COVID-19 Tests at the end of Sept. 2024...ordering free COVID tests via this website has...closed." tinyurl.com/4x4hkem6 El Paso Times

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Surprise guest Clinton Foundation Global Initiative 2024 conference: President Biden #JoeBiden receives the Global Citizen Award #CGI2024 The Lancet

"About 6 percent of those over age 65 moved each year from 2015 to 2019, compared with about 15 percent of the younger population," writes Paula Span. "Still, senior migration topped three million people a year." Here's her saga: nytimes.com/2024/10/07/rea…

Next year's improvements to #Medicare #drugcoverage required by the Biden-Harris administration's Inflation Reduction Act are the most sweeping changes since Congress added the benefit in 2003. Here's what you need to know: kffhealthnews.org/MTkzMTcwNg via @kffhealthnews

Yes, only those prescriptions for drugs the plan covers count toward the $2,000 cap. KFF Health News

Need a reason to shop for a new #Medicare drug plan next year? Try this: a monthly premium for one #NY plan goes from $3.70 to $38.70. In #CA, a 40-cent premium jumps to $17.40. Doing nothing means your plan will renew, like it or not. kffhealthnews.org/MTkzMTcwNg via @kffhealthnews

"If you were denied coverage for a prescription drug, you should ask your [#Medicare #PartD #drug] plan to reconsider its decision by filing an appeal," according to medicareinteractive.org/get-answers/me….

Along with the IRA's big changes, #Medicare beneficiaries should look for the inevitable surprises when insurers revise their plans. In addition to raising premiums, insurers can drop covered #drugs and eliminate in-network pharmacies. kffhealthnews.org/MTkzMTcwNg via @kffhealthnews