Trump administration revisits policy to plug Medicare drug price negotiation loophole.
Major Medicare Advantage plans almost always reversed their denials on appeal, raising big questions about barriers to care.
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The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of health insurance industry donations.
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Apparently “because of woke,” disparaging a whole community of people based on their nationality and using that sentiment to justify extensive fraud investigations that lead to cutting social services and occupying cities with federal agents is racist. “You’re not allowed to complain about Somalians because that’s racist,” President Donald Trump’s administrator for Medicare and Medicaid, […]
Some drug prices are falling, other costs are climbing, and new rules abound. Here's what you need to know.
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Health care affordability depends on access to care and the true cost of care, not just insurance premiums.
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Cases of anxiety, depression and other conditions are rising, and so is the price of treatment. These strategies can help you get care you can afford.
If you're a federal employee who hasn't seriously evaluated an HDHP, it's worth running the numbers.
We've been asking Medicare for weeks about the cost of giving seniors $50 obesity drugs.
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The U.S. suffers from a mass exodus of primary care doctors, as medical practice is dictated by corporate masters at the expense of physicians and patients.
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Older adults on Medicare can get Wegovy and Zepbound for $50 a month, starting in July. But the agency still is not sharing how much this will cost taxpayers.
A host of deep blue states are quietly pulling back from their generous programs of "free" healthcare to migrants as their budgets spiral.
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Will you owe the Medicare IRMAA surcharge in 2027? Grab your 2025 tax return and check the projected brackets and surcharges for next year.
With Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s future hanging on by a thread, its owners—the City of Greenwood and Leflore County—have acknowledged it's time for someone else to run the hospital.
The post Efforts to Save Greenwood Leflore Hospital Continue as Local Leaders Seek New Owner appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
Congressional Democrats are mounting a fresh effort to end a Medicare experiment to use AI to approve or deny care.
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Diana DeGette, a longtime Colorado congressional incumbent, has received half a million in donations from pharmaceutical company PACs.
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It's part of Democrats' strategy to focus on health care affordability and access in drawing contrasts with Republicans ahead of the midterms.
Don't let a medical emergency ruin your retirement. We explain why Medicare might not pay for cruise ship virus treatments and how to fill the coverage gap.
Compare private pay, LTC insurance, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and VA options for nursing home costs when Medicare won't cover.
You may think you'll pay less in taxes once you retire, but taxable withdrawals and Social Security can keep your tax bill as high as it was during your career.
A man from Johnson County, Kansas, who owned a healthcare software company has been convicted in a $1 billion Medicare fraud case.
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Vice President JD Vance said the state had not done enough to fight fraud in the public health insurance program.
Marc Cohen, Alison Barkoff, Jane Tavares and Sara Rosenbaum write that the government’s anti-fraud push on Medicaid could harm recipients.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will pause the enrollment of new hospice and home health providers.
Far fewer seniors than expected are taking costly Alzheimer's drugs.
One of the state's leading hospice care providers told Texas legislators that Medicare fraud is rampant across the Lone Star State, with rogue operators billing Medicare for millions in Taxpayer dollars. Testimony revealed that patients are being enrolled into hospice without their knowledge, and at least one provider has as many as 15 hospices operating in a single building, with the same…
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Patients are caught in the middle of a corporate money grab and lawmakers who refuse to regulate.
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Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of the essential rules and safeguards when appointing beneficiaries.
President Donald Trump criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), as well as the country of Somalia, stating that the Democrat congresswoman came to the United States and "tells us how to run" the country.
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President Donald Trump announced that roughly 300,000 illegal aliens in the United States have been removed from Social Security rolls, and added that 100,000 have been removed from Medicare.
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