Medicare

The private health insurance industry in the U.S. has had a long run since shifting to medical underwriting and a for-profit status in the early 1960s.

This is a dangerous time for Medicare.

A Trojan horse for Medicare privatization.

As the US population ages, a new generation of caregivers will be necessary to preserve the dignity of people aged 65 and older.

Robert Samuelson wants to raise the retirement age and cut Social Security and Medicare benefits.

There's a just and fair way to reduce Medicare spending further without shifting more costs onto older adults.

The experiences of other wealthy nations show we can do this by expanding and improving Medicare to everyone.

And they said that irony is dead.

Two secretaries in a doctor's office have pleaded guilty and a pharmacy owner faces charges in a scam that Medicare allowed to thrive for more than two years.

Medicare is approaching its 50th anniversary as one of the most durable, successful and popular federal programs ever created. Do our veterans deserve any less?