In Case You Missed It: August's Kaiser Health News Aging & Health Articles
Kaiser Health News (KHN) regularly publishes stories related to aging and improving the health of older adults as part of its reporting desk sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation.
In case you missed it, here are some of the top stories published by KHN during August that relate to JAHF's three priority areas: age-friendly health systems, family caregiving, and serious illness & end of life.
Cognitive Rehab May Help Older Adults Clear COVID-Related Brain Fog
People whose brains have been injured by concussions, traumatic accidents, strokes, or neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease can benefit from targeted therapy. Experts also employ therapies for long-COVID patients with memory and language problems.
No, the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Won’t Strip $300 Billion From Medicare
Under the Medicare drug negotiations provisions in the reconciliation bill, the federal government would see its outlays reduced by about $300 billion. That reduction wouldn’t result from cuts in benefits. Instead, Medicare would be empowered to leverage its market power to pay lower prices for certain drugs.
Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long COVID
The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of COVID. But whether omicron triggers long COVID as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.
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