Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Cruz PAC hits Kasich for being too close to Obama

Cruz PAC hits Kasich for being too close to Obama

Curt Mills · April 2, 2016 7:41 pm

Trump pledges blanket fix for America’s problems

Trump pledges blanket fix for America’s problems

Curt Mills · April 2, 2016 3:38 pm

The study, released Thursday, looked at a random sampling of short-term inpatient care records and concluded that one-third of the stays were inappropriately billed. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

HHS watchdog: One-third of Medicare hospice claims were improper

Anna Giaritelli · March 31, 2016 11:07 pm

Kasich’s Delusional Dishonesty About His Obamacare Expansion in Ohio

Mark Hemingway · March 30, 2016 7:30 pm

One recommendation on how to cut government spending is to allow veterans to use any U.S. hospital for health care. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Five ways to cut government spending immediately

Gary Shapiro · March 29, 2016 4:02 am

A government report released Monday stressed that nearly 2 million uninsured, low-income people with a substance abuse disorder or mental illness live in states that haven't expanded Medicaid. (AP Photo)

Report: Expanding Medicaid can help mental health

Robert King · March 28, 2016 6:00 pm

The improvement is mostly attributable to technical changes in the agency's calculations in how much the government will spend on mandatory spending programs such as Medicaid and student loans. (AP Photo)

Deficit to rise to $534 billion

Joseph Lawler · March 24, 2016 6:00 pm

AARP said Medicare Part B spent $22 billion on prescription drugs last year, double the amount from 2007. (AP Photo)

AARP supports controversial Medicare payment model

Robert King · March 23, 2016 8:40 pm

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., said the rule could disrupt the level of care that seniors receive by "limiting the level of treatments providers may offer despite what a patient's health conditions demand." (AP Photo)

Opposition mounts to Medicare payment experiments

Robert King · March 22, 2016 4:01 am

Reps. Diane Black, R-Texas, and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., sponsored legislation that would create a regional demonstration program for Medicare Advantage plans that allow the use of value-based design. (AP Photo)

After Obamacare faceoff, GOP going after entitlements

Robert King · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

The goal is to ensure doctors get the same money for prescribing cheaper drugs as they do for costlier ones. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

GOP lashes out at Medicare payment experiments

Robert King · March 13, 2016 5:01 am

"Given this program's proven track record, it's regrettable that the Obama administration is, once again, trying to undermine it," said Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, in a statement. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Opposition mounting to Medicare Advantage changes

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 7, 2016 5:01 am