Archive: Health/Long-Term Care
This year I, with my sidekick Michael Wicklein, took a more-careful-than-usual look at the Trustees Report for the Medicare program. After all, Medicare – like Social Security – relies on payroll tax revenues, so it’s useful to understand the competing needs. Traditional Medicare is composed of two programs. The first – Part A, Hospital Insuranc…
The Food and Drug Administration recently granted fast-track approval to a new Alzheimer’s drug designed to slow the rate of cognitive decline for individuals in the early stages of the disease. The drug, which will be sold under the brand name Leqembi, was developed jointly by Eisai and Biogen – the same two companies that…
