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• Administration Launches Attacks on Vote-By-Mail Just In Time for Midterm Elections

  June 04, 2026: Last week, the United States Postal Service (USPS) proposed a new rule that would force states to provide data for mail-in and absentee voters to the federal government, including names, addresses, and envelope barcode information. The move came a...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.

  June 01, 2026: When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700-square-foot home in Terry...Read more >

• KFF Health News: 3 Medical Routines That Older People May Not Need

  May 29, 2026: Enough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She was in “reasonably good h...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs

  May 18, 2026: President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company. On May 14, the federal gover...Read more >

• Social Media Platform Meta Made Millions from Fraudulent Medicare Ads on Facebook and Instagram; Scam Survivors Recognized on Capitol Hill

  May 15, 2026: A new report found that Meta, the corporation that owns Facebook and Instagram, has failed to stop scammers from repeatedly buying ads that target seniors. The report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that scam ads aimed at older adu...Read more >

• Medical Journal Confirms that Medicare’s Annual Cap on Out of Pocket Drug Costs is Keeping Seniors on their Medications

  May 15, 2026: New research shows that the Inflation Reduction Act’s provision capping yearly prescription drug costs has helped Medicare patients afford and stay on their prescription medications. The annual out-of-pocket drug costs cap is $2,100 for 2026. La...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Trump Promised Cheaper Drugs. Some Prices Dropped. Many Others Shot Up.

  May 15, 2026: Since his second term started, President Donald Trump has announced, negotiated, or floated a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of the pharmaceutical industry. No surprise. About 60% of American adults are “worried about being a...Read more >

• KFF Health News: A New Medicare Option for Weight Loss Drugs – What Older Americans Should Know

  May 06, 2026:   (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Starting in July, Medicare beneficiaries may be able to get a GLP-1 prescription for weight loss for $50 a month. It’s a notable shift for Medicare, which has long been barred from cov...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish

  April 24, 2026: Leslie Adams’ mother, Shirley, died after developing infected bedsores at Lakeview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, according to a lawsuit he filed. “She had wounds that no one could explain,” he testified. A court awarded the family $17 mill...Read more >

• KFF Health News: New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More.

  April 16, 2026: Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school, or volunteering for at least a month before they can gain or retain health insurance through the government program. But Repu...Read more >