Medicare Advantage, the privately run insurance on which roughly 500,000 older Louisiana residents rely for health care, is ...

According to the Washington Post, 13 states currently cover the drugs for Medicaid patients, while Medicare prohibits ...

Washington Post National Health Reporter Paige Winfield Cunningham discusses how the Trump administration is considering ...

The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, potentially ...

An estimated 4.4% of primary care physicians left Medicare in 2023 — a higher exit rate than specialists — according to a new ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...

In 2026, Medicare participants will pay more for their health care. Part B costs are expected to rise more than 10%. Here's ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that steps are being taken to address healthcare fraud. For one thing, ...

Medicare is on shaky ground in the current policy environment, making it difficult to sustain its accomplishments, much less ...

Alveolus Bio, a pioneering respiratory drug development biotech company founded by Dr. Vivek Lal from University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, has announced a strategic financing round led by Shilpa ...

A five-year experiment aims to open access to blockbuster GLP‑1 drugs for obesity, something advocates have pushed for years.

The federal government's Medicare program and older adults together spend $4.4 billion a year on care that has low clinical ...