Alan M. Schlein has covered Washington politics as a reporter and producer since 1982. He is the author of the best-selling “Find It Online” books and has written Washington Watch monthly for the past 25 years. Schlein runs DeadlineOnline.com, and is a consultant conducting workshops on how to use the Internet as an effective research tool.
ALAN'S ARTICLES
NEWS
- Nursing Home Storms Come in Many Forms (November 2017)
- Nursing Home Abuse Vastly Under-reported; Emergency Rooms Coming to More Than Medical Rescue (October 2017)
- Follow the Money: Budget Negotiations Could Mean Major Changes for Medicare and Social Security (September 2017)
- House-passed Healthcare Bill on Way to Senate: Should Seniors Worry About What It Mandates? (June 2017)
- Proposed Budget Cuts Could Severely Curtail Effective Senior Health Care Research and Initiatives (May 2017)
- New Health and Human Services Secretary May Have Profound Impact on Senior Health Issues (April 2017)
- Why Does Replacing Obamacare Matter to Seniors? (April 2017)
- Drug Prices: What Can Trump Really Do? (March 2017)
- Analysis: How Repeal of the Affordable Care Act Could Have a Profound Effect on Seniors (February 2017)
- Justice, Oh Justice, Where Art Thou for Nursing Home Residents? (November 2016)
- Medicare and Health Care Insurance Snags, Traps, Escalating Costs, And Surprising Bipartisan Potential Solutions (September 2016)
- Congressional Health – A Legislative Roundup (June 2016)
- House Speaker Paul Ryan, Social Security and Medicare — Big Changes, Little Tweaks or...? (December 2015)
- Good, Bad and Worse News about Medicare (October 2015)
- Dying at What Cost – And in Peace or in Pain? (September 2015)
- Far Too Many Seniors Are Going Hungry: Only a Few Programs Are Stepping Up to the Empty Plate (August 2015)
- Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Finally a Done Deal (May 2015)
- Generic Drug Prices Soaring Sky-High and No One Is Sure Why – Or What to Do About It (February 2015)
- Washington Watch Potpourri: Social Security, Medicare and the FDA – Still Waiting, Not Paying, and the Naming Game (December 2014)
- Slow to No Action on Drug Costs, Medicare and Social Security with Election Year Mentality (September 2014)
- Sen. Ron Wyden: Seniors Now Have a Long-time Advocate Steering Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Issues (March 2014)
- This is Your Medicare on Drugs: Fraud and Abuse Rampant in Part D Drug Program. Will Proposed New Rules Bring Much-needed Reform? (February 2014)
- Desperately Seeking Answers to Medicare Spending and Scams (January 2014)
- The State of Senior Finances: Often Bleak, Trending Toward Dismal with a Few Rays of Hope (November 2013)
- Seniors and Obamacare –What You Need to Know (October 2013)
- Early Positive Results of Obamacare Enactment Enumerated while ‘Defunding Efforts’ Continue and Enrollment Startup Just a Few Weeks Away (September 2013)
- Saves Money, Saves Lives, But Will Medicare and the Health Care Community Adopt this Model? (August 2013)
- Love It or Leave It: Health Care Insurance Sign-ups Targeted at Both Fed and State Levels. (July 2013)
- The Medicare ‘Observation’ Muddle: Are You an Inpatient or Not? And How Much Will That Cost You? (June 2013)
- What Could Going over the Fiscal Cliff Mean for Seniors? (January 2013)
- Washington Roundup (November 2012)
- Stark Differences Define Political Battle over Medicaid (September 2012)
- Healthcare Law Still Faces Obstacles (August 2012)
- Senior Issues – Drug Reimportation and Shortages, The Doughnut Hole, and Housing Relocation – Facing Mixed Results (August 2012)
- Medicare Fraud Crackdowns (May 2012)
- Newest Repeal Effort to Health Care Reform Bill: Medicare Cuts Advisory Board (May 2012)
- Feds Gear Up to Wage Aggressive War on Alzheimer’s as Defining Disease of Boomers and Beyond (April 2012)
- Implementing Health Care Reform, Despite Opposition (April 2012)
- Washington on the Move: Long Term Care Program Dies, So May Some Patients Facing Drug Shortages, And the High Court Hurries Up - Or Maybe Not (April 2012)