
Medicare
Medicare is the US federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and some younger people with disabilities.
303 linked stories in all years we hold
Via Wikimedia Commons (Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare bill, with Harry Truman, July 30, 1965)
The earliest story we hold is from Nov 2, 2021.
Stories involving Medicare1 named story in 2025
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- Trump's promised checks to Americans, from tariff 'dividends' to $5,000 paymentsJul 25, 2025 – Nov 6, 2026 · 27 stories
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Coverage over timeshare of the sources publishing each week in linked stories, by side, weeks overlapping 2025
Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 and Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026: whole weeks overlap 2025; counts include days outside 2025.
Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 4, 2026
Share of the sources publishing each week that covered it
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Week of Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026: 5 left, 14 center, 2 right, 13% of the sources that published that week · 46 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3% |
| Jan 6, 2025 - Jan 12, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jan 13, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Jan 20, 2025 - Jan 26, 2025 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 8% |
| Jan 27, 2025 - Feb 2, 2025 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 61 | 17% |
| Feb 3, 2025 - Feb 9, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 10, 2025 - Feb 16, 2025 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 101 | 29% |
| Feb 17, 2025 - Feb 23, 2025 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Feb 24, 2025 - Mar 2, 2025 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 82 | 22% |
| Mar 3, 2025 - Mar 9, 2025 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 11% |
| Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 16, 2025 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 61 | 15% |
| Mar 17, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 24, 2025 - Mar 30, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 31, 2025 - Apr 6, 2025 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 91 | 20% |
| Apr 7, 2025 - Apr 13, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 14, 2025 - Apr 20, 2025 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5% |
| Apr 21, 2025 - Apr 27, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 28, 2025 - May 4, 2025 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 49 | 19% |
| May 5, 2025 - May 11, 2025 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 50 | 13% |
| May 12, 2025 - May 18, 2025 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 120 | 31% |
| May 19, 2025 - May 25, 2025 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 14% |
| May 26, 2025 - Jun 1, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 2, 2025 - Jun 8, 2025 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 11% |
| Jun 9, 2025 - Jun 15, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 16, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 23, 2025 - Jun 29, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 30, 2025 - Jul 6, 2025 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5% |
| Jul 7, 2025 - Jul 13, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 14, 2025 - Jul 20, 2025 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 39 | 15% |
| Jul 21, 2025 - Jul 27, 2025 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 13% |
| Jul 28, 2025 - Aug 3, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 11, 2025 - Aug 17, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 18, 2025 - Aug 24, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 25, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 1, 2025 - Sep 7, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 8, 2025 - Sep 14, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 15, 2025 - Sep 21, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 22, 2025 - Sep 28, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 29, 2025 - Oct 5, 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3% |
| Oct 6, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 13, 2025 - Oct 19, 2025 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 126 | 28% |
| Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 26, 2025 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 67 | 24% |
| Oct 27, 2025 - Nov 2, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 - Nov 9, 2025 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 8% |
| Nov 10, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 17, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7% |
| Dec 1, 2025 - Dec 7, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 8, 2025 - Dec 14, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 15, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 105 | 32% |
| Dec 22, 2025 - Dec 28, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 46 | 13% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Whole record, all years we hold
115 left · 121 center · 93 right: 329 sources on the spectrum, across 303 linked stories.
Everything else35 updates in 2025 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about Medicare that are not part of any story yet
- Nov 26Trump administration says lower prices for 15 Medicare drugs will save taxpayers billions11 articles · 11 sources5 left, 5 center, 1 right
- Nov 4– 6Trump strikes deal to lower cost of weight loss drugs25 articles · 19 sources3 left, 8 center, 6 right
- Jul 24Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group says it’s under federal investigation12 articles · 12 sources1 left, 4 center, 6 right
- Jul 24UnitedHealth says it is under a federal investigation and cooperating20 articles · 13 sources5 left, 8 center, 0 right
- May 7US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says17 articles · 9 sources3 left, 5 center, 1 right
- May 7HHS to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism, other chronic illnesses8 articles · 4 sources1 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Apr 15– 16Trump signs directive on lowering drug prices even as he seeks tariffs on pharmaceuticals12 articles · 12 sources5 left, 4 center, 2 right
- Apr 4– 5Trump administration halts Biden proposal to let Medicare, Medicaid cover anti-obesity drugs29 articles · 17 sources4 left, 11 center, 2 right
- Apr 3– 4Dr. Oz confirmed by Senate to run Medicare and Medicaid, managing care for millions27 articles · 15 sources2 left, 7 center, 5 right
- Mar 13– 14Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid, gets his Senate hearing32 articles · 15 sources4 left, 6 center, 5 right
Stories that name Medicare
- Dec 30– 31Rural health care in New Hampshire to benefit from $204 million federal funding7 articles · 7 sources4 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Dec 17– 19Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug107 articles · 61 sources17 left, 33 center, 9 right
- Oct 24Social Security COLA for 2026 revealed following shutdown-related delay12 articles · 11 sources2 left, 7 center, 2 right
- Oct 24– 25Social Security recipients to get cost-of-living boost in 202643 articles · 31 sources8 left, 16 center, 7 right
- Oct 17– 20Another ‘No Kings’ protest stretches a mile through downtown Seattle145 articles · 64 sources21 left, 28 center, 10 right
- Sep 29– Oct 1How Social Security will be affected by a government shutdown9 articles · 7 sources3 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Jul 17The Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE39 articles · 28 sources8 left, 15 center, 5 right
- Jun 30– Jul 1DOJ announces a record-breaking takedown of health care fraud schemes10 articles · 10 sources1 left, 1 center, 8 right
- Jun 3– 4Trump administration rescinds guidance requiring emergency abortions for hospitals34 articles · 21 sources7 left, 8 center, 5 right
- May 17– 24What issues to watch as ‘big, beautiful bill’ moves to the Senate43 articles · 30 sources4 left, 10 center, 13 right