Progressive Radio Network

Medicare (United States)

Big news, people! Especially for those of you upset by the skyrocketing prices of the essential prescription medicines you take — including thousands of patients…
Host Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Robert Drapkin, MD. Dr. Drapkin is a health care provider who is board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical…
Debra Schildhouse wrote about the history and development of Bio-Touch and her experiences at theBio-Touch center. It's a simple technique that uses the first two…
The more expensive it is, the better it must be. That’s how people used to think about health-care costs. As has become apparent in recent…
Although there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's Disease, Dr. Patrick Coll of UConn's Center on Aging recommends early screening for those with memory loss,…
New legislation could limit patient access to unbiased diabetes advice. A bill before Congress called the Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 (HR…
Jack Rasmus and guest, Eric Laursen, discuss the current condition of social security programs in the US today, on this month’s 80th anniversary of the…
It is well documented that many other countries have created health care systems that are more popular than ours, cover everybody, are more effective as measured by…
Social Security and Medicare are under attack from Wall Street, conservatives, and free market economists. The claims are that these programs are unaffordable and that…
My friend Tonya, a woman in her late thirties who has lived in poverty for decades, called me today. “I feel like a sponge,” she said.…
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with…
As a primary care pediatrician who sees children of low-income families in Washington, D.C., I am reminded every day of the vulnerability of our children’s…