Medicare

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A set of questions on Medicare Advantage from Republican Rep. David Schweikert, of Arizona, was illustrative of bipartisan interest in curbing spending on the federal health benefits program operated by private insurers.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

In fact, the asset-management firm estimates that a 65-year-old retiring in 2025 will need $172,500 for medical expenses throughout retirement, even with Medicare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

“We can’t take care of day care … Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

They collect Social Security, Medicare and, in many cases, Medicaid — especially if they end up in a nursing home in their final months or years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

All but one of the others are female, with an average age I would guess in the late twenties, though the range seems to go from prom-fresh to well into the Medicare years.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich