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Big Beautiful Bill Ripples. Medicare Part A Goes Bust 12 Years Earlier
Feb. 28, 2026 --The Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) trust fund is now projected to be depleted by 2040, 12 years earlier than the Congressional Budget Office projected just last year. Experts at KFF says that the tax cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill" are behind this giant change. This does not mean Medicare runs out of money completely. Instead,…...
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East Lansing, Michigan, located directly east of Lansing, has a population of 48,844 (2017 census) and by all means is a college town as it is best known as the home of Michigan State University, founded in 1855, and a member of the Big Ten Conference. With an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 39,000 students, the average age in East Lansing…...
Yuma, Arizona, located in the southwest corner of the state, is considered to be the sunniest and driest spot in the U.S. The sun shines 90% of the days each year, with just over 3 inches of rain annually, which makes it a popular winter destination for snowbirds. Yuma’s population was 95,429 (2012 census), but that number swells during the…...
Manchester is a town east of Hartford with about 56,000 people in it. It is an old town and was once famous for its silk mill. Photo of Shenipsit Trail tree with blue blaze near Case Mountain in Manchester, CT courtesy of Wikipedia and Gdisanto (public domain); photo from postcard of Cheney Brothers Mills, South Manchester, 1920, aerial view, courtesy of…...
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand, in fact it is the southernmost capital in the world. The population is just under a half million. The Lonely Planet called it the "Coolest City in the World". It is located on the Cook Strait, a famous wind tunnel between the country's North and South Islands. The weather is temperate year…...