Via Wikimedia Commons (Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare bill, with Harry Truman, July 30, 1965)

Medicare

Arcs in the news about Medicare from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 243 stories · 1,252 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 2, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs0 named arcs in 2023

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No named arcs in 2023 yet.

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every arc in 2023 at its own dates · opens on month
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  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
  • Who covered it: left, center, right
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No arcs in Sep 28 – Dec 31, 2023.

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202390 articles20241343 articles20251357 articles20261470 articles

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Jan 1, 20241013651
Jan 29, 202426113
Feb 26, 20241206
Mar 11, 2024816476
Mar 18, 2024810246
Apr 15, 202466141
Apr 22, 202420224100
May 6, 202402220
May 20, 202421010
Jun 24, 2024233015219
Aug 12, 20248314122
Oct 7, 2024413331
Oct 14, 2024410323
Oct 21, 20243209
Nov 11, 2024153013176
Nov 18, 2024214320259
Nov 25, 2024615561
Dec 16, 202457231
Dec 23, 20240405
Dec 30, 202402010
Jan 13, 2025516141
Jan 20, 202567229
Jan 27, 20251015562
Feb 10, 202510209101
Feb 17, 202558147
Feb 24, 20251412282
Mar 3, 202588236
Mar 10, 2025712662
Mar 31, 20251016891
Apr 14, 202543211
Apr 28, 2025814349
May 5, 2025612050
May 12, 2025152511120
May 19, 2025291339
Jun 2, 202545433
Jun 30, 202511610
Jul 14, 202564439
Jul 21, 202527231
Sep 29, 20253319
Oct 13, 202518238128
Oct 20, 20251218768
Nov 3, 202536623
Nov 24, 202523011
Dec 15, 202512216105
Dec 29, 202558047
Jan 12, 20263115
Jan 26, 202634011
Feb 2, 20260227
Feb 9, 202602010
Apr 6, 20261126
May 11, 202668427
May 18, 20262307
Jun 8, 202621010
Jun 22, 20261067
Jun 29, 2026201412111
Jul 6, 202656523
Jul 13, 2026313852
Jul 20, 202613122294
Jul 27, 202614136141
Aug 3, 2026322531195
Aug 10, 202655929
Aug 17, 2026141818104
Aug 24, 202657732
Aug 31, 2026222912135
Sep 7, 202658523
Sep 14, 202657725
Sep 21, 2026264230257
Sep 28, 20261115969

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else5 stories in 2023 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Medicare that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 28– 29New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won't pay34 articles · 26 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 1 right
  2. Oct 3– 4Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate26 articles · 22 independent sources
    4 left, 5 center, 2 right

Stories that name Medicare

  1. Nov 2Ady Barkan, activist who fought for health-care rights, dies at 39 from ALS17 articles · 11 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 0 right
  2. Oct 20U.S. wraps up fiscal year with a budget deficit near $1.7 trillion, up 23%7 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 2 right
  3. Oct 19California tech CEO convicted in COVID-19 and allergy test fraud case sentenced to 8 years in prison5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 2 right
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