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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
- The 2026 warnings over AI's risks and calls to slow it down
Here for 2 stories about Medicare
Apr 6week of Sep 28Sep 28 Florida attorney general asks judge to halt new OpenAI model development
85 stories · earliest story we hold Apr 8
All arcs0 named arcs in 2025
Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.
No named arcs in 2025 yet.
On a timeline
every arc in 2025 at its own dates · opens on month
- Each row is an arc
- A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
- Who covered it: left, center, right
Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold
Earlier years are still being indexed.
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Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2024 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 51 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 76 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 46 |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 100 |
| May 6, 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| May 20, 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 219 |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 122 |
| Oct 7, 2024 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| Oct 14, 2024 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 176 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | 21 | 43 | 20 | 259 |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 61 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 31 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 41 |
| Jan 20, 2025 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 62 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 101 |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 47 |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 82 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 36 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 62 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 91 |
| Apr 14, 2025 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 49 |
| May 5, 2025 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 50 |
| May 12, 2025 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 120 |
| May 19, 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 33 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Jul 14, 2025 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 31 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Oct 13, 2025 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 128 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 68 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 105 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 47 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| May 11, 2026 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| May 18, 2026 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 111 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 52 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 94 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 141 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 195 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 104 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 135 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 26 | 42 | 30 | 257 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 69 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else35 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about Medicare that are not part of any arc yet
- Nov 26Trump administration says lower prices for 15 Medicare drugs will save taxpayers billions11 articles · 11 independent sources2 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Nov 4– 6Trump strikes deal to lower cost of weight loss drugs25 articles · 19 independent sources3 left, 6 center, 6 right
- Jul 24Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group says it’s under federal investigation12 articles · 12 independent sources1 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Jul 24UnitedHealth says it is under a federal investigation and cooperating20 articles · 13 independent sources1 left, 4 center, 0 right
- May 7US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says17 articles · 9 independent sources1 left, 4 center, 0 right
- May 7HHS to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism, other chronic illnesses8 articles · 4 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Apr 15– 16Trump signs directive on lowering drug prices even as he seeks tariffs on pharmaceuticals12 articles · 12 independent sources4 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Apr 4– 5Trump administration halts Biden proposal to let Medicare, Medicaid cover anti-obesity drugs29 articles · 17 independent sources3 left, 9 center, 1 right
- Apr 3– 4Dr. Oz confirmed by Senate to run Medicare and Medicaid, managing care for millions27 articles · 15 independent sources1 left, 6 center, 3 right
- Mar 13– 14Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid, gets his Senate hearing32 articles · 15 independent sources3 left, 5 center, 4 right
Stories that name Medicare
- Dec 30– 31US award Massachusetts $162 million for rural health7 articles · 7 independent sources5 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Dec 17– 19Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug107 articles · 61 independent sources12 left, 21 center, 6 right
- Oct 24Social Security COLA for 2026 revealed following shutdown-related delay12 articles · 11 independent sources2 left, 7 center, 1 right
- Oct 24– 25Social Security recipients to get cost-of-living boost in 202643 articles · 31 independent sources6 left, 8 center, 5 right
- Oct 17– 20Another ‘No Kings’ protest stretches a mile through downtown Seattle145 articles · 64 independent sources21 left, 27 center, 9 right
- Sep 29– Oct 1How Social Security will be affected by a government shutdown9 articles · 7 independent sources3 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Jul 17The Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE39 articles · 28 independent sources6 left, 4 center, 4 right
- Jun 30– Jul 1DOJ announces a record-breaking takedown of health care fraud schemes10 articles · 10 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 6 right
- Jun 3– 4Trump administration rescinds guidance requiring emergency abortions for hospitals34 articles · 21 independent sources4 left, 5 center, 4 right
- May 17– 24What issues to watch as ‘big, beautiful bill’ moves to the Senate43 articles · 30 independent sources2 left, 9 center, 13 right