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• Kaiser Health News: Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes

  April 06, 2023: Nothing prepared Linda C. Johnson of Indianapolis for the fatigue that descended on her after a diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer in early 2020. Initially, Johnson, now 77, thought she was depressed. She could barely summon the Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Biden Promises to Fight GOP on ‘Gutting’ Medicaid. Budget Talks Seem Like Another Story.

  March 02, 2023: Most lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike — have declared the marquee safety-net programs of Medicare and Social Security off-limits for cuts as a divided Washington heads for a showdown over the national debt and gover Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Government Lets Health Plans That Ripped Off Medicare Keep the Money

  February 03, 2023: Medicare Advantage plans for seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday as government officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds of millions of dollars or more in government overpayments — some dating back a decad Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom

  January 27, 2023: MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free Church to a rendition of Daniel O’Donnell’s “Rivers of Babylon” as they warmed up for an hourlong fitness class. The wom Read More >

• KHN: From Rotten Teeth to Advanced Cancer, Patients Feel the Effects of Treatment Delays

  April 21, 2021: With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against covid-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care as they find more advanced cancer a Read More >