As Medicare turns 60, research suggests more need for annual enrollment help
Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law, giving all Americans over 65 access to health coverage.
Jul 29, 2025
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Medicare
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Physicians exiting traditional Medicare accelerated from 2010 to 2023
From 2010 to 2023, physician exit rates from traditional Medicare increased, according to a study published online July 18 in JAMA Health Forum.
Jul 23, 2025
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New study finds health care costs go up with increased acquisition of private physician practices
New research published today as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that the widespread, rapid acquisition of private physician practices by hospitals is pushing up health care prices across ...
Jul 22, 2025
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Gaps in skin cancer care for older adults, rural residents, and others highlighted in review
New research from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah published in Surgical Clinics of North America shows that some people are more likely to face delays and worse outcomes from dangerous types of skin cancer. ...
Jul 17, 2025
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Thousands laid off from NIH, FDA and CDC after Supreme Court decision
Thousands of health workers lost their jobs this week after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with major staffing cuts.
Jul 16, 2025
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How 17M Americans enrolled in Medicaid and ACA plans could lose their health insurance by 2034
The big tax and spending package President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will cut government spending on health care by more than US$1 trillion over the next decade.
Jul 15, 2025
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Insurers fight state laws restricting surprise ambulance bills
Nicole Silva's 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative's house near the southern Colorado town of La Jara when a vehicle T-boned the car she was riding in. A cascade of ambulance rides ensued—a ground ambulance to a ...
Jul 14, 2025
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Thune says health care often 'comes with a job.' The reality's not simple or straightforward
Millions of people are expected to lose access to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans if federal lawmakers approve the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump's domestic policy package, ...
Jun 30, 2025
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Health insurers promise to improve coverage reviews that prompt delays and complaints
The nation's major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications.
Jun 23, 2025
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US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities—how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians
A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why her mother couldn't afford insulin without insurance, despite having a full-time job. I told her what I've come to believe: The U.S. health care system ...
Jun 9, 2025
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