Kaiser Health News
Biden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees Dropped
Hannah Recht Kaiser Health News Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden administration said Monday. More than a million Americans have lost coverage through the program for low-income and disabled Americans in the past several […]
Read MoreBiden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees Dropped
Hannah Recht Kaiser Health News Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden administration said Monday. More than a million Americans have lost coverage through the program for low-income and disabled Americans in the past several […]
Read MoreBiden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees Dropped
Hannah Recht Kaiser Health News Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden administration said Monday. More than a million Americans have lost coverage through the program for low-income and disabled Americans in the past several […]
Read MoreMassage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients — But Aren’t Easy to Find
Kate Ruder June 8, 2023 BOULDER, Colo. — Ilyse Streim views massage for people in hospice care as “whispering to the body through touch.” “It’s much lighter work. It’s nurturing. It’s slow,” said Streim, a licensed massage therapist. Massage therapy for someone near the end of life looks and feels different from a spa treatment. […]
Read MoreMassage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients — But Aren’t Easy to Find
Kate Ruder June 8, 2023 BOULDER, Colo. — Ilyse Streim views massage for people in hospice care as “whispering to the body through touch.” “It’s much lighter work. It’s nurturing. It’s slow,” said Streim, a licensed massage therapist. Massage therapy for someone near the end of life looks and feels different from a spa treatment. […]
Read MoreTrue Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
Judith Graham July 25, 2022 Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close. Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, gets $925 from Social Security and a $287 disbursement from an individual retirement account. To make ends meet, she’s taken out a reverse mortgage on […]
Read MoreTrue Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
Judith Graham July 25, 2022 Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close. Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, gets $925 from Social Security and a $287 disbursement from an individual retirement account. To make ends meet, she’s taken out a reverse mortgage on […]
Read MoreTrue Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
Judith Graham July 25, 2022 Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close. Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, gets $925 from Social Security and a $287 disbursement from an individual retirement account. To make ends meet, she’s taken out a reverse mortgage on […]
Read MoreTrue Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
Judith Graham July 25, 2022 Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close. Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, gets $925 from Social Security and a $287 disbursement from an individual retirement account. To make ends meet, she’s taken out a reverse mortgage on […]
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Plans Send Pals to Seniors’ Homes for Companionship — And Profits
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Widowed and usually living alone, Gloria Bailey walks with a cane after two knee replacement surgeries and needs help with housekeeping. So she was thrilled last summer when her Medicare Advantage plan, SummaCare, began sending a worker to her house in Akron, Ohio, to mop floors, clean dishes, and help […]
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