Oregon is crafting a plan to implement universal healthcare coverage. A working group created by the state legislature in 2023 is slated to send lawmakers its proposal for the plan by Dec. 1. Lawmakers could vote on it as soon as the next legislative session or refer it to a ball... Read more
(Maskot/Getty Images) For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived across the street from each other in Sausalito, California, were more neighbors than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occasionally having coffee. Then, last October, Wood took a fa... Read more
AUSTIN, TX — The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans condemns and demands answers in light of recent reports that U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s campaign supports privatizing Social Security, letting Wall Street and billionaires gamble with nearly 5 million Texas seniors... Read more
(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 surgeries last year because she opted to have her do... Read more
If Congress fails to act, the Social Security Trust Fund will only be able to pay about 78 percent of scheduled benefits, starting in 2032. This would result in a 22 percent benefit cut for beneficiaries, a nearly $500 a month cut for the average retiree. But instead of focusi... Read more
Today is the 91st anniversary of the Social Security Act, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law on August 14, 1935. 74 million Americans receive monthly Social Security benefits, including nearly 58 million older Americans. But these earned benefits are in danger.... Read more
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a panel of U.S. senators th... Read more
The Trump administration is forging ahead with a controversial plan to collect the medical records of millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management said in a notice posted last month that it will begin routinely c... Read more
As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income an... Read more