Author: Mark Wrede

  “The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s. “But the […]

  “…Trump secured some significant policy changes that remain in place today, including efforts to bring more transparency to prices charged by hospitals and paid by health insurers.”         What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Health Care?   On the presidential […]

  “’I would be very concerned,’ said Sue Berkowitz, policy director and special counsel for the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center. ‘South Carolina is at the bottom of so many things in rankings in our country because of a number of the decisions she […]

  “Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the face of a projected $38 billion deficit, less than three months after he approved the measure.“     Delicate Labor-Industry Deal in Flux as Newsom Revisits $25 Minimum […]