A years long effort to privatize Medicare, the Trump administration accelerated those efforts by implementing a direct contracting model known as ACO REACH, which encourages health care providers to form […]
Altman: Social Security and Medicare work just as they are
Despite years of insistence by some lawmakers that Social Security is “failing”, and present threats by Kevin McCarthy and others to block budget borrowing until Social Security is reduced or […]
“Inflation Reduction Act” lets the U. S. negotiate drug pr...
While much of the press covering the recently-passed “Inflation Reduction Act” talks about the long-term reduction to U. S. greenhouse gases, a huge benefit for drug costs (where the U. […]
Ghost of Trump haunts Medicare
In a last effort of the Trump administration, a full month after losing the November 3rd election and hidden behind cries of a “rigged election”, Trump’s Department of Health and […]
Nursing Homes and COVID-19
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine changes direction, at least a little bit, from our typical science-related topics. But it does relate to the coronavirus. Why were nursing homes hit so […]
March Calls For More Accessible Healthcare
A crowd of about a hundred gathered at the Capitol building Sunday afternoon to join Madison’s March for Medicaid. The protest was hosted by the Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign and […]
