Boomers Trade · Andrew James

The schedule so far

Same time yesterday, and the day before that.

Every letter I have sent, newest first. One move on the schedule read as arithmetic, and the business already standing in front of it. Nothing gets reshuffled here either.

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The one aisle a 63-year-old refuses to cut

July's receipts name it, and name who gets paid.

8/17/2026

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3 min read

43,020 falls, and the coverage went the other way

Only one Advantage plan in five will help with the bathroom this year, down from one in four.

8/16/2026

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4 min read

The hottest counties are filling with 65-year-olds

Average summer electricity runs about $792 this year, and older bodies hold heat longer than young ones.

8/15/2026

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4 min read

The plan that needs an employer to agree

Nearly one in five Americans over 65 is working, and the line stopped climbing in 2019.

8/14/2026

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4 min read

Four hours a day, and somebody sells them

Americans 60 and over now spend more than half their leisure time in front of a screen.

8/13/2026

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4 min read

Two Social Security checks become one

Most of that famous handoff moves sideways first, to a woman in her late seventies.

8/12/2026

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4 min read

The drug cap rises to $2,400 in January

Deductible and the base premium move up with it, and the notice lands in September.

8/11/2026

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4 min read

The weather you retired into sends a bill

Summer cooling runs $792 this year, and the Mountain states take the biggest increase.

8/10/2026

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4 min read

One fall, and the whole plan changes

The rate is up 21 percent since 2018, and families pay 29 percent of the bill themselves.

8/9/2026

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4 min read