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A New York congressman Wednesday morning is holding a telephone town hall focused on issues affecting senior citizens.Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick…
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If this commentary sounds like a broken record, it’s because the folks who are out to gut Medicare --- the “let’s have a grand bargain and introduce more…
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Home health care agencies are facing a 14 percent cut in Medicare funding over the next four years. Industry representatives warn this will have a…
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This week the prestigious journal Health Affairs published a new study that shows that "immigrants, particularly noncitizen immigrants, heavily subsidize…
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Social Security and Medicare are part of an ongoing budget debate in Washington.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Sean Patrick…
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Americans are starting to feel the bite of the federal sequestration. Sequestration is the term referring to the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts…
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Medicare is the publicly funded health benefit package that covers most necessary care for older Americans and people with disabilities.Medicine (with…
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Officials from Burlington's Fletcher Allen Health Care, the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and other hospitals serving Vermont are joining to announce…
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Today we’re talking about what the so-called fiscal cliff means for Medicare and Social Security. Joining us for this discussion are two experts on these…
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Advocates for the elderly across the region are raising red flags over potential cuts to Medicare and Social Security as federal leaders argue over what…