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KFF Health News: Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly
December 14, 2023: Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasn’t looking to replace her UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan. She wasn’t concerned as the Dec. 7 deadline approached for choosing another of the Read More >
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KFF Health News: Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care
November 16, 2023: Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old husband, who has severe dementia, at home in Seattle. She used to fear his disease-induced paran Read More >
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Pleasant Surprise: Medicare’s Per Person Spending Has Stopped Skyrocketing
September 07, 2023: Spending per Medicare beneficiary has nearly leveled off over more than a decade — but for unknown reasons. The lower per-person cost could have to do with the Affordable Care Act, fewer heart attacks, or the recent lack of new Read More >
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Report Shows Social Security Expansion is Affordable
March 31, 2023: Congress Can Strengthen Medicare and Social Security Without Cuts “Today’s reports show once again that Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund is strong and solvent, with enough money to cove Read More >
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Kaiser Health News: Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.
January 18, 2023: Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and Read More >
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Retirees Congratulate Pelosi on Remarkable Career as Speaker
November 17, 2022: Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step down as Speaker of the House. “Seniors could not have asked for a better champion or mo Read More >
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Affordable Hearing Aids to Be Available Over the Counter Nationwide
August 19, 2022: The FDA ruled on Tuesday that a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids will become available for purchase without a prescription or medical exam beginning in October. The ruling comes as part of President Biden’s Read More >
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“The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” Renews Hope for Action to Lower Drug Prices
August 01, 2022: A surprise announcement on Wednesday from Sens. Chuck Schumer (NY) and Joe Manchin (WV) revived hopes for Democrats to pass significant legislation on a range of issues, including prescription drug prices, climate, energy, and hea Read More >
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100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
June 23, 2022: Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated. Ariane Buck, a young father in Arizo Read More >
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Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills
June 16, 2022: When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer. “I thought, ‘I really don’t have this to spend, Read More >