Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

"If we’re going to put our heads in the sand, if we say we’re going to do nothing in any of these areas, it’s a fiscal cliff," Gary Johnson said. (AP Photo)

Libertarian Johnson: Let’s end 2-party system, not Medicare

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:05 am

Some of the ideas endorsed by the report are among the measures that members of Congress from both parties have weighed this summer. (AP Photo)

Report: Federal budget doesn’t respond to economy, world affairs or voters

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2016 4:01 am

While CMS has made progress on fighting "pay and chase," the agency relies "too heavily on investigating claims after the payments have been made rather than preventing them in the first place," the letter to acting CMS administrator Andy Slavitt reads. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP: Medicare fraud rampant

Robert King · September 12, 2016 4:31 pm

A new report from the left-leaning think tank Urban Institute finds that block grants and another reform called per capita caps would help richer states more than those that don't spend a lot on Medicaid. (AP Photo)

Report: Popular GOP Medicaid overhaul may not help have-nots

Robert King · September 8, 2016 7:00 am

Dems think drug maker Mylan for decades avoided paying a higher Medicaid rebate for its EpiPen. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)

Lawmakers question if EpiPen maker stiffed Medicaid

Robert King · September 2, 2016 4:41 pm

The letter from Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., also delves into the impact on other healthcare programs. (AP Photos)

Senators probe impact of EpiPen price on Medicare, Medicaid

Robert King · August 31, 2016 3:33 pm

To avoid the crisis, Lew said Congress needs to permanently boost the government's share of Medicaid costs. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Treasury: Puerto Rico on the brink of a healthcare crisis

Pete Kasperowicz · August 26, 2016 6:43 pm

The insurers profiting in the marketplaces do a better job of selling to low-income people. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

This is the insurers’ secret to winning at Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 26, 2016 3:00 am

"The coordinated, physician-led care provided by Accountable Care Organizations resulted in better care for over 7.7 million Medicare beneficiaries while also reducing costs," Andy Slavitt said. (AP Photo)

New healthcare payment model saves gov’t hundreds of millions

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 25, 2016 8:16 pm

HHS report finds that states that expanded Medicaid have more enrollees who are healthy. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Expanding Medicaid key to lower Obamacare rates, feds say

Robert King · August 25, 2016 5:13 pm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has asked providers and others for information about concerns that third parties are helping patients pay premiums for private plans, which reimburse greater amounts than government health plans. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Feds want information on new kind of healthcare fraud

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 18, 2016 9:31 pm

The Obama administration found that drug spending on Medicare Part D, the program's prescription drug program, was $121 billion in 2014, a 17 percent increase from 2013. (AP Photo)

Medicare spending a lot more on prescriptions

Robert King · August 18, 2016 2:59 pm