SeniorWire is built for seniors who are losing their plans.
We are an independent Medicare news organization. Fourteen cultural editorial desks. Eleven languages. Every article sourced from public CMS, CDC, FDA, and FRED data, with a permanent link to the exact source URL.
What we cover
Plan exits. Premium changes. Drug costs. D-SNP eligibility rules. Hospital quality ratings in your county. Provider network changes. Carrier financial health. Medicaid work requirements and how they intersect with dual eligibility. Language access rights. Fraud targeting senior communities. The federal rules that quietly change every quarter.
We cover the news that affects whether your mom keeps her cardiologist, whether your dad's diabetes medication stays on Tier 2, and whether your grandmother's grocery card still has the same balance next month.
How we report
Every claim gets backed by a public data source we cite by URL. We pull live data from the following systems:
- CMS Medicare Plan Finder. Plans, premiums, deductibles, star ratings, formularies, networks.
- CMS Open Data. Provider directories, hospital outcomes, nursing home ratings, hospice quality, dialysis facilities.
- CDC PLACES. County and ZIP-level chronic disease prevalence, preventive care use, social determinants.
- FDA. Drug labels, NDC lookups, recalls, adverse events.
- FRED. Healthcare inflation, Medicare spending, employment indicators.
- HRSA. Health Center Program lookups, medically underserved areas, shortage areas.
- Federal Register. Proposed and final CMS rules, ICHRA rulemaking, marketplace policy.
- BLS. Industry employment, county-level wages, occupational data.
Every article carries Dataset JSON-LD pointing to the exact endpoint we used. If we did not pull external data for a piece, we say so in the article itself.
Editorial independence
SeniorWire does not accept payment from carriers, brokers, or marketing organizations. We do not run sponsored content. We never publish under another organization's byline. The Organization-level "SeniorWire Data Desk" byline is our standard for all YMYL content because Medicare decisions affect health and household income, and the newsroom is accountable for accuracy as a unit.
The 14 desks
Each desk is an independent voice with its own community, geography, and editorial filter. Visit the Editorial Team page for full biographies, target areas, and beat coverage for every editor.
Email corrections to corrections@seniorwire.org. We update the article in place, log the change in dateModified, and explain the correction at the bottom of the page.
Frequently asked questions
- Who writes SeniorWire articles?
- Every article is published under the SeniorWire Data Desk byline as an Organization-level author. The Data Desk is staffed by 14 cultural editors. Each editor specializes in their community's geography, language, and Medicare concerns.
- Where does SeniorWire get its data?
- CMS Medicare Plan Finder, CMS Open Data, CDC PLACES, FDA NDC, FRED, HRSA, BLS, and the Federal Register. Every statistic links to the exact source URL.
- How many languages does SeniorWire publish in?
- Eleven. Articles are not translations. Each editor writes natively for their community.
- Does SeniorWire recommend specific Medicare plans?
- No. We report what changed, who is affected, and what the data shows. We never tell readers which plan to pick.
- How often does SeniorWire publish?
- Seven publishing runs per day across all desks. Major plan-year events trigger increased coverage.