“It is time to call out so-called Medicare Advantage for what it is,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro. “It’s private insurance that profits by denying coverage and using the name of Medicare to trick our seniors.” Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday joined senior citizens, people with disabilities, and healthcare campaigners at a Capitol Hill press conference […]
“Seniors and families already struggling to afford lifesaving medicines are told to brace for further price hikes by the same industry that saw its profits and shareholder rewards skyrocket by billions in a year.” An analysis published Tuesday shows that the five largest pharmaceutical companies in the United States raked in combined earnings of $82 […]
“It is very plausible that we’ve fallen off a cliff already and don’t know it,” said one researcher. The system of Atlantic Ocean currents that drive warm water from the tropics toward Europe is at risk of collapsing in the coming decades, an analysis of 150 years of temperature data published Tuesday concluded. “The Atlantic Meridional Overturning […]
Many of the riders would harm the EPA’s “ability to do its critical work,” said one former agency lawyer. Nearly 260 advocacy groups on Monday warned that House Republicans have not halted their efforts to push through as many restrictions on government spending as possible in the federal budget bill, adding dozens more “poison pill” […]