Medicare needs to eliminate cost sharing for needed vaccines
Seniors deserve protection from infectious disease By Saul Anuzis and Jim Martin – – Monday, November 8, 2021 The Medicare Part D program has been a case study for a successful program that has relied …
Don’t pass a law that would halt research into new cures
H.R. 3 must be defeated By Saul Anuzis – – Wednesday, October 6, 2021 Originally published in The Washington Times Democratic lawmakers are playing a dangerous game with the lives of American …
RID – Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
For more information, please visit hospitalinfection.org If you’re choosing a nursing facility, this guide is for you. Often when a patient is discharged from the hospital, it isn’t possible to go directly …
Anuzis: U.S. drug industry saving lives – if Congress doesn’t squelch it
Published on www.bostonherald.com, June 4 2021 By Saul Anuzis About 80% of seniors have received at least one dose of the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which are some of …
COVID-19 Vaccination Program
How Congress can kickstart COVID herd immunity By Chairman Jim Martin Originally published in The Hill 12/14/2020 Public health experts now know that two COVID-19 vaccines will likely receive authorization from the Food and …
We Must Protect Access to Vital Telemedicine Services
Saul Anuzis is president of The 60 Plus Association. Seniors have been taking advantage of telemedicine services, often accessed via their smartphones, tablets or laptops, for some time now. But the coronavirus …
Why seniors aren’t fooled by Joe Biden and Tom Perez
Campaign engages in projection when they say Trump’s thrown seniors to the wolves In the late-19th century, Sigmund Freud wrote about projection, a process defined as displacing one’s feelings of shame onto …
Hospitals and Physicians Will Likely Need Financial Help, but Let’s Not Pass That Cost to Our Seniors
From the anesthesiologist performing intubations, to the nurse doing everything possible to comfort dying COVID-19 patients, to the orderly transporting them through busy hallways, hospitals are teeming with heroes through this pandemic. …
Prevent Medicare’s ‘Pandemic Penalty’ on Seniors
by Jim Martin The COVID-19 pandemic has hit seniors particularly hard. While no one is spared the risks of this virus, nearly three out of four deaths involve patients over age 65, many of whom …
AARP, United Healthcare and CVS keep prescription drug prices higher for seniors
Even under Medicare, older Americans are paying a high price for AARP By James L. Martin and Saul Anuzis – – Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Most folks think of the AARP as a …