A draft plan from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that was leaked Tuesday would overhaul how Medicare pays for prescription drugs by negotiating prices for costly medicines, curbing annual price hikes, and limiting what seniors pay out of their own pockets.
Read moreA federal judge in Washington approved a settlement Wednesday that will allow CVS and Aetna to go forward with a $69 billion merger.
Read moreA federal judge granted 75 long-term care hospitals in 26 states summary judgment for $20.3 million against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, which created a “bureaucratic nightmare” by requiring paperwork without advance notice.
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Days before she takes the stage in a nationally televised debate, Senator Kamala Harris drew criticism from all sides Monday for a health care proposal that calls for a slow and gradual approach to Medicare for all.
Read moreMedicare could save $1.57 for every dollar spent delivering free healthy meals to frail seniors after hospitalization, according to a new study that comes as lawmakers try to restrain costs while promoting patients’ well-being.
Read moreThe top two lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee announced a bipartisan bill Tuesday aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
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Two weeks before the anniversary of the day Medicare became the law of the land, Senator Bernie Sanders called for expanding the insurance program to all Americans.
Read moreThe Trump administration said Thursday it is withdrawing a proposal that would do away with rebates in government drug plans, which it previously said would be a key component of slashing drug prices.
Read moreRebecca Wood’s daughter was born three months premature, required a feeding tube and has relied on Medicaid waivers for critical treatment most of her life. The patient advocate told lawmakers Wednesday her daughter would not have survived if Wood had not put off her own serious dental procedure for an infection that cost her parts of her jaw.
Read moreNursing facilities in the U.S. did not report thousands of cases of potential neglect and abuse of elderly Medicare recipients, the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general said in an audit released Wednesday.
Read moreThe Supreme Court on Monday struck down the federal government’s formula for calculating Medicare payments to hospitals that care for large numbers of low-income patients.
Read moreGenerous benefits. No copays. No need for private policies. The “Medicare for All” plan advocated by leading 2020 Democrats appears more lavish than what’s offered in other advanced countries, compounding the cost but also potentially broadening its popular appeal.
Read moreUndercutting a promise from the Trump administration that the move will save taxpayers money, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday that Americans will pay $177 billion over the next 10 years to reduce how much Medicare beneficiaries spend on prescription drugs.
Read moreA federal judge ruled at summary judgment that the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid exceeded her authority by determining that the agency had over-reimbursed the Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization by $16 million.
Read moreLining up what is likely to be a fixture of the 2020 presidential election, health care activists on Tuesday told lawmakers a Medicare for All plan is necessary to truly reform the health care system, as right-leaning economists cautioned them on the legislation’s price tag and the fundamental changes it would bring to the U.S. insurance industry.
Read moreThe financial condition of the government’s bedrock retirement programs for middle- and working-class Americans remains shaky, with Medicare headed toward insolvency by 2026, according to a report Monday by the government overseers of Medicare and Social Security.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss constitutional claims from residents of Puerto Rico over their denial of federal benefits, including supplemental security income, food stamps and Medicare Part D low-income subsidies, despite their status as U.S. citizens.
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