Don’t Trust Insurance Industry “News” about Medicare Advantage
Deb Gordon’s piece in Forbes entitled, 88% Of Medicare Advantage Enrollees Are Happy With Their Health Insurance, New Study Shows, is more like an industry press release than a bona fide news story. The writer herself is a representative of the insurance industry, hardly an objective author for a piece about the insurance industry.
Medicare Advantage Plans Are Under Increasing Scrutiny
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans – the privatized alternative to traditional Medicare – are coming under growing scrutiny for a number of questionable practices that undermine patient care and overcharge taxpayers.
Social Security Trust Fund Projected to Endure for an Additional Year, Trustees Say
Social Security’s trust fund received a one-year reprieve in the 2022 Social Security Trustees report, released late Thursday afternoon. The Trustees project that the combined disability and retirement trust fund will become depleted in 2035 – one year later than predicted last time – if Congress doesn’t take preventative action. When the trust fund becomes insolvent, the Trustees say, Social Security will only be able to pay 80% of scheduled benefits.
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Social Security’s Financial Health Improves, Trustees Say
Social Security’s financial health is on the upswing, according to today’s report from the Social Security Trustees. The system’s
Ruhle vs. Reality: MSNBC Segment Promotes Social Security Myths
In yet another example of mainstream journalists (perhaps unwittingly) echoing conservative talking points, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle helped perpetuate a
Dems, Advocates Push Hard for Social Security Expansion
National Committee president Max Richtman pushes Social Security expansion at House hearing Now that the Democrats have
Equal Pay Day Brings Home Long-term Costs of Pay Inequality
National Equal Pay Day 2019 reminds us that gender pay equity is crucial not only for social justice, but for women’s retirement security.
Trump Re-Ignites Attacks on Affordable Care Act, Rallies Democrats
President Trump is at it again. Two years after promising Americans “something terrific” to replace Obamacare – and failing
House Dems Hold First Hearings on Social Security Expansion
For the first time in recent memory, the U.S. House has begun holding hearings on the issue of expanding