Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Essentially, the new model would make certain medications more expensive to administer, which would limit access to patients who rely on these treatments to stay healthy. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg)

Proposed changes to Part B threaten seniors’ access to care

Thair Phillips · June 24, 2016 4:03 am

One-third of Medicare patients in Part D were prescribed opioids last year, an inspector general says. (iStock photo)

Watchdog: Medicare spending on opioids rising

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 22, 2016 6:59 pm

Medicare Trust Fund to Run Dry Two Years Earlier Than Expected

Chris Deaton · June 22, 2016 4:03 pm

The trust fund that feeds Medicare will run dry in 2028, while the outlook for Social Security is the same. (iStock photo)

Medicare to run out of money two years sooner

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 22, 2016 3:02 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the Democrats' efforts "100 percent political, designed to serve as a proxy for what political operatives hope will be an epic campaign battle over Social Security." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Fight over Social Security nomination escalates day before report is due

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2016 8:48 pm

The administration is particularly targeting young, healthy adults, who haven't signed up en masse as advocates for the Affordable Care Act had hoped. (AP Photo)

Administration ramps up young adult outreach for O’care

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 21, 2016 3:30 pm

There are significant obstacles to any state instituting true Bernie Sanders-style single-payer healthcare in 21st-century America, even if the people or politicians choose it. (AP Photo)

The fantasy of single-payer healthcare in the states

John Graham · June 20, 2016 4:03 am

While Republicans have remained relatively silent on the question of gay blood donations, the recent shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub has fueled the issue among House Democrats. (AP Photos/Mel Evans)

All the ways the federal government is creeping left on LGBT rights

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Donald Trump’s Briefing Book: The debt

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2016 4:01 am

Human error when entering codes for patient ventilators leads to overbilling, inspector general finds. (iStock Photo)

Watchdog: Medicare overpays hospitals $20 million

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 16, 2016 8:10 pm

The report found that 14.5 people would lose coverage with a repeal of the Medicaid expansion and another 8.8 million people would not have marketplace or other individual insurance. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Report: 24 million lose insurance if Obamacare goes away

Robert King · June 13, 2016 6:43 pm

Rep. Jim McDermott said expanding benefits would help prevent other healthcare problems faced by seniors. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Dem: Medicare needs vision, hearing and dental coverage

Robert King · June 8, 2016 7:28 pm