Medigap is an unfamiliar and confusing topic for many of us who are approaching retirement age—but the Medigap decisions we…
The delivery of medicine has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. While you still go to a doctor for…
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the difficulty we health-care consumers often have making sense out of medical information. For…
One of the most frequent complaints I hear from medical consumers is that they do not understand what their doctors…
A recent poll found that more than 40 percent of Americans have health-care debt. Health-care debt is one of the…
Private equity (PE) is a type of investment fund that buys companies, restructures them, and sells them for a significant…
My family physician recently retired. He had been my primary care doctor for 35 years and he had coordinated my…
Trust between patient and doctor is essential, but sometimes you need to be skeptical of a diagnosis or proposed treatment.…
Should you sign up for a Medigap plan, a Medicare Advantage plan or neither when you become eligible at age…
Hospital stays are getting shorter and shorter. Thirty years ago, the average stay was seven days. Today, it’s down to…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the health-care system. Thousands of medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, therapists,…
I’m not telling you anything you didn’t know when I recommend seeking medical second opinions. As studies point out, up…
The health-care system is under immense strain, and nurses are working at—and beyond—maximum capacity. I asked a group of nurses…
Do you think health-care costs are staggeringly steep these days? Few would disagree—even the health-care providers themselves understand that their…
Before the pandemic, seeing a doctor meant being limited to health-care providers in a drivable distance, trudging to the office,…
