Featured in AJMC.com: Preventing Costly Bone Fractures - Why Don't We Do What Works?

By Robert Gagel, MD

Robert Gagel, MD, is chair of the Board at the National Osteoporosis Foundation. He is a professor of medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center and an adjunct professor in the Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, both in Houston, Texas.

The importance of Medicare and the financial challenges it faces are at the forefront of our national discussions, whether during the 2020 Democratic presidential debates, or in Congressional conversations over price transparency and lowering the cost of prescription medications for patients. But these debates often ignore a serious health issue that threatens millions of Americans and the financial stability of Medicare.

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Andrea Medeiros