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• KFF Health News: Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries Thought Their Drug Plan Was Free. Then They Lost It.

  July 07, 2026: Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn’t receive any Read More >

• KFF Health News: Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billing Probe

  June 26, 2026: A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, which covers about 2 million people on Read More >

• KFF Health News: Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays

  June 25, 2026: (iStock/Getty Images) Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an e Read More >

• KFF Health News: Democrats Seek To Spotlight Rising Health Costs by Forcing Vote on Trump Regulation

  June 18, 2026: In a move that mixes pure politics with weedy congressional procedures, Senate Democrats are seeking to force a vote to overturn a Trump administration rule that they say will make it harder to enroll in Affordable Care Act health Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump Bought Tobacco Stocks and Raked In Industry Donations as FDA Eased Standards

  June 11, 2026: President Donald Trump, who once declared he had “saved” flavored vapes, grew his stock holdings this year to as much as $1.64 million in tobacco giant Philip Morris. He also had holdings in Altria and a third leading tobac Read More >

• New Retiree Voting Record Released

  March 05, 2026: 244 Senators and House Members Earned 0% Pro-Retiree Scores The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2025 Congressional Voting Record, which scores each U.S. Senator and Representative on important retirement secur Read More >

• KFF Health News: Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors

  August 12, 2025: EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is. Dahl Memori Read More >

• Alliance Webinar Draws Attention to How Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” Will Hurt Older Americans

  August 07, 2025: On Thursday, the Alliance hosted a special educational Zoom webinar entitled “The Ugly Truth About the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’” outlining the harms created by the Republican budget bill and next steps for fighting back. Read More >

• KFF Health News: Congress Looks To Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals

  August 06, 2025: WATERLOO, Iowa — John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, but he thinks it should be easier for veterans like him to use their benefits elsewhere. Sager, a Read More >

• KFF Health News: Chronically Ill? In Kennedy’s View, It Might Be Your Own Fault

  August 01, 2025: On a recent weekday evening, Ashly Richards helped her 13-year-old son, Case, with homework. He did math problems and some reading, underscoring how much he’s accomplished at his school for children with autism. Richards has Read More >