Medicare

Dean Baker: As long as the wealthy can focus public debate on retirement benefits for ordinary workers, they can keep the focus away from the policies that allow them …

Author Peter Dreier defends his inclusion of LBJ in book celebrating social justice heroes, outlining the president's nearly unrivaled number of public reforms.

Medicare plans to arm itself with broad new powers to better control - and potentially ban - doctors engaged in fraudulent or harmful prescribing.

As one health care “donut hole” is closing, another one is opening up: The Red State Donut Hole.

The shifting debate about Social Security is one sign that the balance of power may be shifting.

Medicare's massive drug program has a process so convoluted and poorly managed that fraud flourishes, giving rise to elaborate schemes that quickly siphon away millions of dollars.

The video comes at a time when a growing number of prominent voices have expressed support for single payer, sometimes called

Dean Baker: Senator Elizabeth Warren's support for raising Social Security benefits could be exactly what we need to move the discussion of retirement income in a positive direction.

American democracy is designed to have representatives in Congress who take seriously their role as stewards of the people's business. A federal budget reflects Americans' priorities for how tax …

The idea that workers have to be beaten down at every turn just doesn't add up, as industrial experience Down Under shows every day of the year.