The Social Security Trustees 2026 Report projects a Social Security shortfall beginning in 2034...
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Limiting the tax exclusion for employer health insurance hurts...
Policymakers are considering an array of options for making health care affordable. The question is...
Trump’s solution to unaffordable health care: Americans...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times on a Trump administration regulation that would have...
Health insurance spending projected to rise 9 percent in 2027...
A new report from PwC finds that health care spending will rise nine percent in 2027 at the same...
Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Humana routinely deny Medicare...
Signing up for an Aetna, UnitedHealthcare or Humana Medicare Advantage plan will always be a...
Several states now offer medical aid in dying
More than 100 million Americans can now receive medical aid in dying (MAID) if they are terminally...
Millions of Americans are losing health care coverage
Millions of Americans who had had government help paying for their health care coverage are losing...
Adults in the commercial health insurance market report high...
The latest Commonwealth Fund research finds that 20 percent of adult Americans under 65...
The projected shortfall in the Social Security Trust Fund means...
Dean Baker explains on his Substack and below why the projected shortfall in the Social Security...
2026: Medicare no longer covers full cost of breast sonograms
Until the beginning of this year, if your doctor recommended you get a breast sonogram in addition...