Following even basic screenings and operations, patients often must arrange for someone to help deliver them home — and liability fears have led many health care providers to say that a taxi or rideshare driver taking you to your sidewalk is not sufficient. For many older peopl... Read more
ST. LOUIS — A “Back Off Our Benefits” national bus tour is demanding congressional protection of hard-earned benefits for workers and veterans. The cross-country tour stopped last week for a press conference at Kiener Plaza Park in downtown St. Louis on its way from Cali... Read more
April 4 was the 55th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated while in Memphis to support sanitation workers who were represented by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1733 during their important “... Read more
The Joint Economic Committee (JEC), a congressional group that reviews economic policy, recently released a report analyzing the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling. Based on a study of the 2011 debt limit negotiations, the analysis finds that Americans could lose $... Read more
According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget would raise average after-tax incomes for low-income households — those who earn about $31,000 or less — by nearly $600, or 3.2%, next year. The budget would leave the incomes of... Read more
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Jeff Merkley (OR) are calling attention to the massive profits and "exorbitant" executive salaries of top Medicare Advantage insurers such as UnitedHealthcare and Humana, which are leading a lobbying campaign against efforts to combat widespread fr... Read more
Consider three hypothetical women in their mid-70s, all living alone in identical economic circumstances with the same array of ailments: diabetes, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Ms. Green stays home most of the time and sometimes goes a week without seeing people. But sh... Read more
The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) lead a Day of Action to protect, improve and expand Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security on Friday. More than 700 CARA activists will demonstrate at the Bakersfield, CA office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to drive home the... Read more
Last Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called for changing the retirement age for Americans currently in their twenties and limiting Social Security and Medicare benefits for wealthier Americans. Haley said that for those in their 20s, she “would change... Read more
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