The number of Americans without health insurance has fallen drastically in recent years, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2016, there were 28.6 million
Not all of us appreciate the value of health insurance as keenly as Howard Schultz, founder and chairman of Starbucks, does. It’s critical to be covered, though, today more than
Driving near Monterey, Calif., recently, I stopped at a roadside stand to buy some freshly-picked strawberries. May is high season for California strawberries, and the fields were exploding with beautiful,
Medicare spends billions of dollars each year on prescription drugs. That’s not surprising. What might be surprising, though, is how much the federal healthcare program spends per patient on some
Last year was the first year that more than 90 percent of Americans had health insurance, new federal data shows. On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released
You’ve probably heard the terms Medicare and Medicaid thrown around more times than you could count. But although the two programs happen to sound alike by name, there are some
Even if you lack health insurance, youll probably be able to get treatment at a hospital in the event of a catastrophe if youre struck by a car, say.
If you’re getting close to age 65, or have even reached or surpassed it, you may be assuming that you know all you need to know about Medicare. If you
Theres growing evidence that most of the dramatic gain in the number of Americans with health care coverage is due to President Obamas law, and not the gradual recovery of
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), particularly the expansion of Medicaid, has created considerable controversy, with 20 states opting not to expand the program, leaving over 3 million Americans uninsured who
