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Medicare
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KFF Health News: Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?
April 07, 2026: Family physician Eric Boose has been using an artificial intelligence tool to get back to what he calls “old-fashioned medicine” — talking with patients face-to-face, without having to type into a computer at the same time. Read More >
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KFF Health News: Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare
March 23, 2026: John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he’s waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare. He was already thinking about delaying it — then his monthly Obamacare insura Read More >
Medicaid
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KFF Health News: New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard
February 11, 2026: Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her nonprofit circus arts school last year because she could no longer see well Read More >
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KFF Health News: Solving the Home Care Quandary
January 08, 2026: You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and co Read More >
Social Security
Fair Trade
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Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech
January 13, 2016: President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of Read More >
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Letter: TPP is bad deal for America’s seniors
December 15, 2015: On Oct. 5, representatives from 12 countries met in Atlanta and concluded negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This sweeping trade deal will have widespread implications for all Americans but could be particularl Read More >