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

“The federal government, despite going after providers in California, has a role in determining whether entities can bill Medicare to begin with. So it’s not just the state. It is everybody’s problem,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The official national debt, which does not include the liabilities of the Social Security or Medicare trust funds, is another $31.6 trillion.

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