For the first time, 70% of cancer patients now live at least five years post-diagnosis, according to the 2026 statistics report from the American Cancer Society. That is a great improvement from 50% in the 1970s and 63% in the 1990s. The five-year mark is described as a key milestone for survival, as the risk
Too many skilled nursing facility residents are being misled about their rights, and it’s happening for a very simple reason: money. Recent reports show that some SNFs are telling residents they will lose their Medicare coverage if they leave “against medical advice” or before a certain number of days. That claim is false. Residents are
A recent Guardian investigation raises a disturbing question about who is really making medical decisions inside some nursing homes. According to the reporting, UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, may be exerting pressure on nursing homes to keep residents out of hospitals, even when hospital care is medically necessary. For elderly residents who rely entirely on
MedPAC’s latest proposal makes one thing painfully clear: the people deciding how much nursing homes should be paid are looking almost entirely at financial spreadsheets—not the reality of resident care. The commission is floating a 4% cut to Medicare’s base payment rate for skilled nursing facilities, arguing that margins are high, occupancy is stable, and
The bankruptcy of Genesis HealthCare is a devastating reminder of how corporate nursing home chains can harm residents twice — first through neglect, and then again by using the legal system to dodge accountability. Genesis didn’t file for Chapter 11 because it wanted to reorganize operations or improve care. It filed because it owed nearly
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