(Washington, DC) – Although older Americans have been the most at risk of dying from COVID-19, the pandemic has resulted in a rare drop in healthcare spending for this group in 2020, according to a new survey by The Sen ...
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Allergy Season Is Here: So, is it Covid, Allergies, Flu, or a Cold?
One of the concerns last fall and winter was knowing whether someone might have the seasonal flu, a cold, or the coronavirus. As it turned out, seasonal flu was almost non-existent, and colds were also way down. Whil ...
Covid–19 Deaths Were Third Leading Cause of Deaths in U.S. Last Year
Last week the CDC announced that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths in 2020 beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest annual death toll. The coronavirus caused approximately 375,000 deaths and was the third ...
Health Care Coverage Reminder for Travelers with Medicare
Travelers should always check to make sure they will be covered for any health care they may need when taking a trip. That is especially true when going overseas, but it is also important within the U.S. If you do de ...
Fully Vaccinated? Anxious to start traveling again? Here’s important news for you.
Congress is out of session until April 12, but we have important news regarding updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for those who want to travel. Federal authorities have announced that fully v ...
Update for April 3, 2021
Fully Vaccinated? Anxious to start traveling again? Here’s important news for you. Congress is out of session until April 12, but we have important news regarding updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control ...
More Harmful Chemicals Found in Some Hand Sanitizers
Last year Americans were told that one of the ways to prevent being infected with Covid-19 is to wash hands frequently and for at least 20 seconds, and if that was not possible, use hand sanitizer. That resulted in a ru ...
New Social Security COLA Legislation Introduced
Last week Rep. Tim Walburg (R- Mich.) introduced a bill, H.R.2266, that would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum annual cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits. No further ...
Legislation to Stop Medicare Cuts Passes in Senate
We have been reporting recently that unless Congress passes new legislation soon there will be significant cuts in Medicare payments to health care providers, such as doctors and hospitals. If that happens it is quite p ...
Big Effort to Lower Drug Prices Once Again in Congress
Last year the House of Representatives passed major legislation to lower drug prices that included giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to negotiate for lower drug prices with drug compan ...