President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are hardly the only examples of politicians who work well into their golden years^[1]. Members of the baby-boom generation – Americans born between 1946 and 1964^[2] – are the most numerous in the House^[3], and in the Senate they outnumber lawmakers from all other generations combined.

All told, two-thirds of U.S. senators and nearly half of House lawmakers are eligible...

The Biden administration announced on Aug. 16, 2024, the reduced prices of the first 10 drugs^[1] it has negotiated with pharmaceutical companies over their Medicare prices.

Provisions authorizing these negotiations were part of the Inflation Reduction Act^[2], which took effect in 2022, but these lower prices aren’t scheduled to take effect until 2026.

The drugs are purchased through Medicare Part D^[3], a prescription drug...