Federal health care spending has reached a historic turning point. It is now the single largest category of federal ...

With private insurers set to receive $1.2 trillion in excess payments by 2036, retirees may soon face a reckoning over costs ...

A first-of-its-kind analysis has revealed significant differences in stroke outcomes and stroke care for patients on ...

Vice President JD Vance and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, announced a series of actions affecting Medicare and Medicaid, including a $259.5 million deferral of federal Medicaid funding in Minnesota ...

The healthcare that patients get before and after a stroke depends largely on the insurance they have — highlighting the ...

Medicare’s long-term financial outlook is in dire straits. While spending is already historically high, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that, without fundamental reform, things will ...

Learn about unique Medicare insurance benefits that can help retirees save on health care costs and make the most of their ...

A Healthcare Dive analysis of new government data lays out just how drastically insurers retrenched their MA businesses for ...

The Better Business Bureau is warning people about scams involving open enrollment for Medicare and Healthcare.gov. The scam involves unsolicited calls or messages claiming to "help" you find the best ...

The Medicare Advantage program allows private insurers to bundle everything together and offers many enrollment options. Compared with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans typically offer ...

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