Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

The People Cheering Brian Thompson's Murder Can't Have the Medical Utopia That They Want

Whether private or public, third-party payment for health care is a huge problem.

Reason

The Impact of Trump's Cost-Cutting Initiative Hinges on What He Means by 'Government Efficiency'

Narrowly understood, the president-elect's familiar-sounding plan to tackle "massive waste and fraud" may not give us "smaller government" in any meaningful sense.

Reason

AARP's new CEO vows to protect Social Security and Medicare, and ensure older adults age 'on their own terms'

Her top priorities also include pushing for financial support for caregivers.

Fortune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Private equity ownership of US hospice centers boomed in recent years – study

Investors spent about $1tn buying healthcare facilities over last decade, leading to reports of worsening patient care

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Gaza hits ‘grim milestone’ of 40,000 people killed in war

Another 10,000 people believed to remain entombed in collapsed buildings. Plus, five arrests made in death of actor Matthew Perry

The Guardian - UK

Trump repeats attacks and falsehoods in free-wheeling press conference at his golf club – as it happened

Trump sticks to similar script as yesterday’s rally – attacking Harris while repeating misleading or false claims about polls, inflation and policing

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders Refrains From Criticizing Kamala Harris' Policy Reversals

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses policy differences with VP Harris and emphasizes the importance of an agenda benefiting working people in the upcoming election.

Top News

Biden's crisis throws MSNBC into chaos

Democrats' house network circles the wagons around Joe Biden, risking its last vestiges of credibility

Salon

Older Latinos are twice as likely to struggle with health care payments

A study shows heightened challenges for older Blacks and Latinos as a larger proportion reside in low-income households

Latin Times

Refugees denied federal support thrown state lifeline

South Australia will provide assistance to refugees fleeing war in the Middle East and Ukraine who are unable to access commonwealth supports like Medicare.

AAP

The stakes have never been higher

Forget New Hampshire and look at what the country would look like under a second Biden or Trump administration

Salon

NDIS review: what changes to disability services are coming and how have people reacted?

Review calls for total rethink of how governments offer disability support. Here is everything you need to know

The Guardian - AU

Jordan sat stone-faced for another speaker vote. But Boehner got a laugh

The chamber broke out in laughter when Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania called out the name of John Boehner, who once called Jordan a “legislative terrorist.”

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Kiplinger

Financial Planning in Retirement: Seeing All the Angles

In addition to investments, your financial adviser should be talking to you about insurance, Medicare, Social Security, long-term care, estate planning and tax planning.

The Independent UK

Biden draws laughs after touting Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘endorsement’ at Philadelphia event

The president is leaning into the GOP congresswoman’s description of him as following in the footsteps of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson

AAP

Childcare fee hikes on watchdog's list as subsidy rises

The education minister has warned that childcare centres lifting fees are in the sights of the ACCC as subsidies for parents increase.

WEKU

'This is a compromise': How the White House is defending the debt ceiling bill

The House's debt ceiling bill has critics on both sides. Bharat Ramamurti, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, says the administration was able to secure some of its key priorities.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Fortune

CEO of CVS warns there's a Medicare 'tsunami' heading for the U.S.

Karen Lynch shares the two things that will change the future of health care at Fortune's Brainstorm Health Conference.

The Guardian - AU

Australia faces ‘dystopian’ future of cyber-attacks targeting fabric of society, Clare O’Neil says

Home affairs minister says Medibank and Optus breaches the ‘tip of the iceberg’ as she announces cyber exercises focusing on critical infrastructure

The Independent UK

Lawmakers: Tennessee AG has legal concerns over abortion ban

Lawmakers say Tennessee’s top legal chief has voiced concerns about the legality of the state’s current abortion law

Tribune News Service

Hospice care: Comfort at the end of life

It was announced earlier this week that former President Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care. But just what is hospice care and how it can provide comfort and support?

AFP

US risks debt default as soon as July: budget office

Washington (AFP) - The United States risks defaulting on payment obligations as soon as July, if lawmakers fail to resolve a gridlock and raise the federal borrowing limit, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates Wednesday.

AFP

'I'm your nightmare': Biden warns Republicans against social cuts

Tampa (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to maintain social and health care benefits for elderly and low-income Americans, warning that he would be a "nightmare" for Republicans seeking to take them away.

ABC News

National cabinet receives Medicare report but fails to reach new agreement for strained health sector

National cabinet delays taking any decisions about funding Australia's healthcare sector, opting to wait until later in the year to decide how the federal government, states and territories will address the strained sector.

1 2 3 4 5

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.