Medicare

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The government is still basing how much it spends on each condition on 2018 to 2019 spending numbers for traditional Medicare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

For years, the hospice industry, which was designed to provide comfort and guidance for dying patients and their families in their final days, attracted scammers enticed by large Medicare payments, officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The big rise is in spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid: Together, they’ve risen from about 10% of GDP to 15%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

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

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