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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

By Public News Service Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Medicare costs rising in CA and across the country

Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. The federal government just announced 2026 Medicare cost increases. Medicare Part B premiums are going up almost 9.7%, or about $18 a month, which will eat up part of next year’s annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. In addition, the deductible for a hospital admission under Medicare Part […]

Thursday, May 22, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, May 22, 2025

Medical debt relief coming for thousands of Los Angeles County residents

More than 134,000 Los Angeles County residents with heavy medical debt will receive a special notice in the mail this week. The notice declares the recipient’s medical debt has been erased or retired. This is the first wave of a new program. Last December, the county joined forces with the national non-profit Undue Medical Debt to launch the medical […]