Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The group's report said if the 19 states that haven't expanded Medicaid coverage hold to that position in 2017, it would leave 604,000 veterans without coverage. (AP Photo)

Report: More than half a million vets likely to lack insurance next year

Robert King · September 28, 2016 3:41 pm

A new poll shows Donald Trump now has a lead over rival Hillary Clinton. (AP Photos)

Report: Trump, Clinton health plans would add to deficit

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 23, 2016 4:01 am

Premiums for the popular Medicare Advantage program will drop slightly in 2017. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Medicare Advantage rates to drop slightly

Robert King · September 22, 2016 5:52 pm

The Senate Finance Committee wrote to the Obama administration on Tuesday to examine whether there is enough oversight of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, after concerns that Mylan allegedly manipulated the program to avoid having to pay a higher rebate. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Senators seek probe of EpiPen rebates

Robert King · September 20, 2016 8:43 pm

Over the past nine years, Medicare spending on EpiPens has increased by 1,151 percent. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Medicare spending on EpiPens rose past 1,000 percent

Robert King · September 20, 2016 8:08 pm

"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