Americans have endured months of business closures, quarantines, mask-wearing, hand-wiping, travel restrictions, limited-attendance funerals and weddings, virtual graduations, closed schools, inaccessible medical screenings and surgeries, park closures, take-out-only food, drive-thru-only banks, coinless cash registers, and sports and concert cancellations — a seemingly endless list of life disturbances that extend far beyond mere inconvenience a... Read more

It has been another rough year for Obamacare. Implementing the main components of President Obama’s signature health-care law in time for a January 2014 rollout date remains a struggle. A majority of state governments continue to resist the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, and only about a third of them have agreed to set […] Read more

The U.S. Census Bureau released their annual report on health insurance coverage in the United States which shows the number of uninsured Americans rose from 2017 to 2018.   As usual, critics of President Trump have been quick to blame the Administration’s healthcare policies for this increase.  But a review of key facts suggests the rising uninsured rate […] Read more

Shortly after relocating to Texas from California three years ago, Cheryl Webster started hosting a game night at her home as a way of meeting new people. They stopped meeting due to Covid-19, and Webster has only heard from one person in the group in the months since they were able to play. Eventually, she […] Read more

Some great news was announced Sunday morning. Former Giants outfielder Connor Joe was deemed cancer free, his agent tweeted. Joe, 27, announced in March that he was undergoing treatment for testicular cancer. He was the Giants’ Opening Day left fielder last season, and played eight games with San Francisco. Joe went just 1-for-15 with the Giants […] Read more

Millions of Americans who bought insurance to help them pay for nursing or home-health care are now facing a tough call: Leave benefits they’ve paid for over the years untouched, or face increased risk of contracting COVID-19. Credit Suisse, in a note to clients in June, predicts more lapsed policies and fewer claims as a […] Read more

“Talking therapies” services run by the NHS will be overwhelmed in the autumn when almost 500,000 people who did not get treated during the lockdown finally seek help, according to a major therapy provider. The warning comes as teachers predict a wellbeing crisis among children when schools return full-time in September. Analysis by Ieso Digital Health claims […] Read more