Tag: Medicare beneficiaries

Female nurse sitting on a couch with a senior women with crutches

An examination of long-term care is good for all of us. As someone trying to become more knowledgeable about long-term care, I was surprised and intrigued by Vice President Harris’ proposal to create a new home care benefit for Medicare beneficiaries.  The details of the program are still a little unclear, but it sounds like:…

medicare text sign on calculator screen with prescription drugs and pill bottle on American money

Baby Boomers Have Slowed Per Capita Costs. Let me put my biases on the table.  First, I like the Medicare program as currently structured and am delighted at any news that costs are growing more slowly.  Second, changes were needed to the health care system to get costs under control, and I hope and expect…