Medicaid Coverage Declined in 2025 for Second Year in a Row

Overall Medicaid coverage declined between 2024 and 2025 for the second consecutive year, reflecting shifts in Medicaid policy, funding, eligibility and enrollment processes that began in 2020.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 to 2026 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC), Medicaid coverage rates rose from 2020 to 2021, didn’t change significantly from 2021 to 2023 and decreased from 2023 to 2025.

Read More

Sgt Yeager (RET) Top Dog, Enjoying the Good Life

Oct. 3, 2019 | By Katie Lange |

A Marine sits on a wooden bench in gravel, petting a black Labrador retriever whose chin is in the Marine’s lap.

Sgt. Yeager is living his best life – hanging with his family, playing with his human siblings and giving love in return for some snuggles, just like any K-9 combat veteran deserves.

A black dog licks the face of a smiling woman as she squats down to hug the dog. In the background is the U.S. Capitol building.

Sgt. Yeager, a retired Marine Corps explosives detection dog, licks the face of adoptive mom Caroline Zuendel outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

“He’s a lover,” said Caroline Zuendel, the 13-year-old Labrador retriever’s adoptive mom. “He’s been a source of joy in our lives.”

But the earlier days of Sgt. Yeager’s life weren’t nearly that simple. He’s seen things that most people might never get over.

“We didn’t know his story until we got him,” Zuendel said.