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• House Budget Committee Holds Field Hearing on Fiscal Commission Legislation

  September 25, 2026: On Monday, members of the House Budget Committee held a field hearing entitled “America's Fiscal Future: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission” at the Old Parkland business campus in Dallas, Texas. Led by Committee Chair Read More >

• KFF Health News: The Medicare GLP-1 Discount Has One Big Catch: Some Sick Patients Don’t Qualify

  August 25, 2026: In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, but he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price tag. (Erica S. Lee for KFF Health News) In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the Read More >

• KFF Health News: Medicare’s Paying Less for Cataract Surgery. Eye Doctors Are Turning to Lucrative Lasers.

  August 19, 2026: (E+/Getty Images) Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision. She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two su Read More >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Condemns Trump Administration Decision to Raise Medicare Plan Drug Costs

  July 30, 2026: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trump Administration's decision to end the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration after 202 Read More >

• Retiree Organization Condemns Senate Failure to End the “WISeR” Medicare AI Pilot Program

  July 16, 2026: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the Senate vote on the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the WISeR pilot program. Earlier this Read More >

• 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 >

• Retirees Praise Supreme Court Decision Upholding Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Law; Urges Congress to Expand Number of Drugs Eligible for the Program to Lower Costs for Seniors

  May 18, 2026: Statement from Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of appeals by drug corporations seeking to overturn the Medicare drug price negotiation program Read More >

• Medical Journal Confirms that Medicare’s Annual Cap on Out of Pocket Drug Costs is Keeping Seniors on their Medications

  May 15, 2026: New research shows that the Inflation Reduction Act’s provision capping yearly prescription drug costs has helped Medicare patients afford and stay on their prescription medications. The annual out-of-pocket drug costs cap is $2 Read More >