What I’m Reading: USA Today

Medicare shows 'jaw-dropping' decline in deaths.

 

And yet politicians continue to push more and more patients into private commercial versions of Medicare (and Medicaid) because the "private sector will be more efficient and reduce costs" despite the fact that costs average 12% more in Medicare "Advantage" plans and provides get paid on average 3% less (and wait on average twice as long for payment).

http://usat.ly/1HYHD4j

What I'm Reading: The New York Times

 

Pharmaceutical cost transparency bills have been introduced in at least six states in the last year, aiming to make drug makers justify their prices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/business/drug-companies-pushed-from-far-and-wide-to-explain-high-prices.html

 

A sharp increase in reported cases of the disease among people who often cannot afford treatment has prompted officials to create programs to try to stop its spread.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/kentucky-struggles-to-contain-hepatitis-c-among-young-drug-users.html

 

 

 

What I'm Reading: The New York Times

 

The programs have helped millions of elderly, disabled and poor people, and have extended life expectancy in America.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/03/opinion/medicare-and-medicaid-at-50.html

 

 

 

What I'm Reading: USA Today

 

Forty-five years ago I believed humanity was on the rocky but inevitable path of progressive enlightenment, "then they killed Martin, Bobby and elected tricky Dick twice..."

 

Pilots can become so lost and confused in a fog that, believing they are climbing, they actually accelerate their descent into a fiery conflict with the reality principal.

"Time is the fire in which we all burn."

Measles kills first U.S. patient in 12 years

http://usat.ly/1LXqYPd