Medicare’s Fast-Approaching Crisis: Chronic Disease at the Core

In this week’s WG Economy, David Winston of the Winston Group warns that Medicare’s financial collapse is accelerating, with insolvency now projected by 2033—three years sooner than expected. The main culprit? Chronic disease. With diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and cancer costing the U.S. economy over $1 trillion annually, voters increasingly recognize that untreated and undiagnosed conditions are a major driver of skyrocketing health care costs. Winston argues that tackling chronic disease must be central to any serious fiscal solution.