Covid shot access and coverage in the U.S. hang in the balance as an influential government vaccine panel hand-picked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes this week in ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Gwen Williams’ mother was dying, taking her to an in-person appointment to get ...

Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on clinical quality measures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; mid-pandemic, however, traditional Medicare narrowed the gap on some ...

Medicare Advantage beneficiaries faced longer hospital stays post–COVID-19, especially when discharged to skilled nursing facilities, due to reduced bed availability and administrative barriers. A ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Is Medicare covering testing for the coronavirus? My husband and I are very nervous about this virus and would like to find out if or when we should get tested, and how Medicare ...

Nearly 1 in 4 adults age 65 and over who have had COVID-19 have experienced long COVID symptoms afterward, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Long COVID includes a wide list of lingering ...