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• Retirees on Fixed Incomes Live Day-to-Day Amid Rising Inflation

  March 28, 2022: With inflation levels at a 40-year high, many Americans are feeling the squeeze from rising prices nationwide. Yet for those over the age of 65 who rely on a fixed income, historic inflation presents a dire threat to their already Read More >

• Seniors Celebrate Affordable Care Act’s 12th Anniversary

  March 28, 2022: As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) celebrated its twelfth anniversary Wednesday, a number of changes could reshape the program for the future. These include making premium reductions permanent, filling in the Medicaid gap and preven Read More >

• Democrats Eye Plans to Substantially Drop the Price of Insulin

  March 28, 2022: Senate Democrats are proposing legislation to cap insulin prices at $35 a month, after previous attempts to reduce drug prices stalled in Congress. The cap would likely be combined with a bipartisan bill targeting pharmacy middlem Read More >

• KHN: Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu

  March 23, 2022:   The billions of dollars invested in covid vaccines and covid-19 research so far are expected to yield medical and scientific dividends for decades, helping doctors battle influenza, cancer, cystic fibrosis, and far mor Read More >

• As Medical Debt Stacks Up, Many People in Their Early 60s Count the Days Until They Are Eligible for Medicare

  March 21, 2022: As we age, we typically need more health care and often have higher medical costs. Unsurprisingly, middle-aged adults are therefore more likely than young adults to have debt related to those health expenses. Fortunately, the perc Read More >

• Omnibus Spending Bill Includes Increases for Social Security Administration, Senior Nutrition, and the CDC

  March 21, 2022: On Tuesday President Biden signed into law H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022,” a $1.5 trillion spending bill for the current fiscal year that began over five months ago. Until a deal was reached, funding le Read More >

• Pfizer asks FDA to Approve Fourth Dose of COVID Vaccine for Seniors

  March 21, 2022: Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to greenlight a fourth dose of their COVID-19 vaccine for Americans 65 and older, citing data from Israel suggesting that the additional booster could curb infe Read More >

• Senior GOP Sen. Grassley Tells Democrats to Pass Drug Price Legislation Now

  March 21, 2022: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) acknowledged during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday that it would be difficult to pass legislation lowering drug prices if his own party regains control of Congress following the 2022 midt Read More >

• Report Highlights In-Home Hazards for Older Americans

  March 14, 2022: Despite making up only 16 percent of the population, Americans over the age of 65 account for 71 percent of all consumer product-related deaths annually. To address this data anomaly, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (C Read More >

• Generic Drug Manufacturer Announces Plans for Low-Cost Insulin

  March 14, 2022: Uninsured and underinsured Americans often pay the highest out-of-pocket costs for their medicine, forcing many to choose between purchasing the medicine they need and covering essential living expenses. However, the country’s f Read More >