The way pharmacare is implemented could contribute to the Canadian health insurance system’s transition toward a more contentious and unequal American-style system with heavy administrative burdens.
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Paying the caregivers of people with disabilities more would improve care while increasing economic growth, a research team found.
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
There is ample evidence that poor oral health plays a role in many chronic diseases.
When dementia patients on Medicare enroll in hospice, they lose other crucial supports and services.
Owners of midsize nursing home chains harm the elderly and drain huge sums of money from facilities using opaque accounting practices while government doesn’t do enough to stop it.
Owners of midsize nursing home chains drain billions from facilities, hiding behind opaque accounting practices and harming the elderly as government, which has the power to stop it, falls short.
Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.
The health care world has changed a lot in 40 years, but Medicare hasn’t. Here are three areas for radical forms to the system that will achieve its aims of universal health care for all Australians.
Access to dental care in Australia is worse than ever and is simply unaffordable to many.
Nurses make up more than 50% of the health workforce and have untapped and under-used skills that could ease the skills gap in our health system.
The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But numerous obstacles stand in the way.
Children as young as ten don’t have access to Medicare if detained. And they’re dying of largely preventable diseases.
What do we know so far about this promising form of treatment and how it might help people with a range of neurological conditions? And is it living up to its promise for people with depression?
Reduced staffing means nursing home residents make more unnecessary trips to the hospital.
People on higher incomes without private health insurance don’t seem to be swayed by financial incentives, our research shows.
Increasing the number of older people with both Medicaid and Medicare would mean fewer of them would be forced to skimp on the care and treatment they need.
MyMedicare is a new voluntary scheme that allows patients to register with their usual GP. How will it work? And how might it benefit patients? Here’s what we know so far.
Affordable and available dental care is crucial to addressing inequality in Australia.
If Congress and the White House fail to take action, Social Security beneficiaries would see a sudden 23% cut in their monthly checks in 2034.
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