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Like most Americans, BR Simon Rosser and her husband don't exactly have a fail-safe plan for long-term care. "Our plan is to stay eternally young," quips Rosser, professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota…
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Medicare Advantage enrollment has doubled over the past decade, with about 45% of the Medicare population choosing Medicare Advantage, according to a new report by Better Medicare Alliance. Medicare Advantage is health insurance that offers…
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Amid rising inflation and a volatile stock market, many retirees are returning to work. In April, Hiring Lab, the economic research arm of the job board Indeed.com, reported that as of March 2022, 3.2 percent of workers who retired a year…
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Dealing with Medicare-related issues in a workers' compensation claim has never been anyone's idea of ​​a "good time" from an employer's and insurer's perspective. From the challenges Medicare creates with settlement, to the uncertainty it…
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Medicare Part C, or a Medicare Advantage plan, allows many Americans to receive health coverage and enjoy expanded services that they may not have previously had access to. Unfortunately, many unethical providers may still try to take…
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Treatment of veterans with opioid use disorder increased during the first year of the pandemic, a new study suggests, suggesting that the rapid shift from in-person visits to telehealth visits at VA medical centers it allowed patients to…
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In a recent Scientific Reports study, researchers comparatively evaluate antibody titers after dual vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine against coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) of severe acute…
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As health insurance costs continue to rise, many employers are offering their employees options for HSA plans to reduce health care costs. HSA plans have grown in popularity with more 32 millions of active HSA accounts in the United States.…
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The New York State Office of Aging, which is responsible for administering housing, transportation and health programs for seniors, has purchased more than 800 robots to act as companions for older adults. The robot, ElliQ, was created by…
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A casual encounter at a playground led to the launch of a startup aimed at streamlining the work of staff members and assisted living operators through technology. The August Health case offers a look at how technology is transforming the…
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