The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new ...

As a general rule, Medicare eligibility does begin at 65. However, disabled people under age 65 are a growing segment of the ...

The date the programs will not be able to fully pay benefits has moved up to three years sooner than last year's estimate, ...

The trust funds for both programs are on pace to run dry by 2033, triggering an automatic 23 percent cut in seniors’ Social ...

An imbalance of those over 65 vs. those under 18 is set to exacerbate the current strains on both the Social Security and ...

If you don't understand some of these things, you could end up paying a whole lot more for health care. Medicare is a federal ...

It is a blueprint for the next chapter of Medicare, one where the system works for people, not the other way around. The goal isn’t just to help older adults live longer; it’s to give them ...

Work requirements: The bill raises the age for work requirements from 54 to 64. A similar bill introduced in the House in 2023 would have reduced rolls by between 3 million and 3.5 million people ...

Structural Racism In Early US Health Care Policy. Since the Jim Crow era (1875–1968), racism has implicitly and explicitly been an integral part of the US government’s structuring and ...