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A New Generation of Activist Doctors Is Fighting for Medicare for All

By Abigail Abrams

A Quick Guide to the Big Ideas in the Democratic Primary

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

Here's What Americans Think of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Most Provocative Ideas

By Abby Vesoulis

White House Unveils Presidential Wish List for 2018

By Tessa Berenson

The Richest Americans Live 10 Years Longer than the Poorest

Money may not buy you happiness, but it may help buy you health, and ultimately a longer life. Researchers analyzing data on income disparities and health outcomes in the U.S. found that health gaps between...

By Alice Park April 6, 2017

AARP President: Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan Could Hurt Seniors

When new changes kick in, current beneficiaries will be negatively affected

By Eric J. Schneidewind January 30, 2017

How Small Loans Can Counter Climate Change

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute August 31, 2016

How Medicare Came Into Existence

TIME said the bill—signed on July 30, 1965—created a "welfare state beyond Roosevelt's wildest dreams"

By Lily Rothman July 30, 2015

Doctors Say Cancer Drug Costs Are Out Of Control

Prescription drug prices rose 12% in 2014

By Claire Groden / Fortune July 23, 2015

Huckabee Aims for Seniors in Florida

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee delivered a strong defense of government safety net programs for seniors at a candidate forum in Florida Tuesday, aiming for retired voters in a state rich with them. While former...

By Zeke J Miller June 2, 2015

Chris Christie to Propose Changes to Social Security, Medicare

He'd raise the retirement age and means-test benefits

By Zeke J Miller April 14, 2015

This Is What Keeps Rich People Up at Night

This is what keeps high earners up at night

By Martha C. White February 18, 2015

Clinic Loses Accreditation After Joan Rivers' Death

The clinic has been cited for multiple errors in its care of the late comedian

By Alexandra Sifferlin January 12, 2015

Lawmakers Push Increased Access to Emergency Contraception

Bill comes ahead of a midterm elections in which women are expected to be a key voting bloc

By Charlotte Alter September 23, 2014

Getting Poor to Get Help: How a Tragic Accident Trapped My Family in Poverty

When Andrea Louise Campbell's sister-in-law was horribly injured, she and her family had to spend down their money and assets to get the medical care they needed

By Andrea Louise Campbell September 23, 2014

The Most Shocking Mistakes Hospitals Don't Want You to Know About

They include foreign objects left in the body, air embolisms and giving patients the wrong blood type

By David Goldhill July 31, 2014

90 Arrested in ‘Rampant’ $260M Medicare Fraud

A Medicare fraud strike force has arrested 90 people, including 16 doctors along with nurses and other medical professionals in six different cities, who stand accused of issuing false medical bills for unwanted medical services

By Dan Kedmey May 14, 2014

The Return of Mediscare

In Arkansas, Democrats dust off an old tactic in order to retain control of the U.S. Senate

By Joe Klein April 17, 2014

Few Doctors Grab Big Slice of Medicare Pie

Newly released data that details how Medicare pays doctors for specific procedures shows the top 2% of the highest-paid doctors who accept Medicare accounted for a significant portion of the federal program's costs, likely leading to changes in insurance practices

By Sam Frizell April 9, 2014

Ryan's Balanced Budget Plan Comes at a Steep Cost

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan has released his fiscal year 2015 budget that would cut $5.1 trillion in spending by repealing Obamacare, eliminating USAID and set aside less funding to fight climate change, among other big reductions

By Jay Newton-Small April 1, 2014