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• KFF Health News: Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing

  November 24, 2025: As the federal government prepares for the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified his attacks on aluminum vaccine components used Read More >

• KFF Health News: Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare.

  November 20, 2025: Along with the occasional aches and pains, growing older can bring surprise setbacks and serious diseases. Longtime relationships with doctors people trust often make even bad news more tolerable. Losing that support — especiall Read More >

• Older Enrollees and Patients Living in Red States Will Be Hurt Most If ACA Subsidies Lapse

  October 09, 2025: Americans between the ages of 50 and 64 and those living in Republican congressional districts will be the hardest hit if the current Affordable Care Act tax credits are not renewed by Congress, according to new analyses from KFF. Read More >

• Medicare Telehealth Services Will Expire on September 30

  September 17, 2025: Congress only has until the end of September to renew expanded Medicare telehealth services. Before the COVID pandemic, only certain patients with specific diagnoses and conditions were eligible to receive telehealth medical care. Read More >

• KFF Health News: In the Fallout From Trump’s Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decision

  September 09, 2025: Patients begin lining up before dawn at Operation Border Health, an annual five-day health clinic in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Many residents in this predominantly Latino and Hispanic region spanning the Mexican border lack insu Read More >

• KFF Health News: Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. Ex-Officials Say It Was Tested But Shelved Under Biden.

  September 02, 2025: John McGing couldn’t reach a human. That might be business-as-usual in this economy, but it wasn’t business; he had called the Social Security Administration, where the questions often aren’t generic and the callers tend to Read More >

• KFF Health News: How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

  August 21, 2025: It started with a high school typing course. Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school work Read More >

• KFF Health News: Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up

  August 15, 2025: Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage. Such drug plans are used by millions of people 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 >

• As Medicare and Medicaid Turn 60, Retirees Fight Against Attempts to Cut Them

  August 07, 2025: This Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, and Alliance members mobilized to protect the health care programs from the biggest threats they have faced since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed them into la Read More >