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Straight Talk for Seniors®: FY18 Budget & Funding for Senior Programs

With Congress focused on health care and other issues, it’s easy to forget that they also have a deadline to fund government programs past the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. See highlights of where things stand.

Straight Talk for Seniors®: Senate Repeal Bill Collapses

The latest Senate attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut and cap Medicaid has collapsed. And a likely new strategy to repeal the ACA without any details on how to replace it also appears doomed.

Straight Talk for Seniors®: The Senate Health Care Bill

Last week, the Senate released its bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Read our analysis of how it would affect our nation’s seniors.

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