Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The program allows seniors to buy private health plans through Medicare. In 2015, about 31 percent of the 55 million people on Medicare had a Medicare Advantage plan, according to figures from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. (AP File Photo/Richard Drew)

Push begins to preserve Medicare Advantage rates

Robert King · February 17, 2016 9:44 pm

Jeb Bush and John Kasich sparred on expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Bush chides Kasich on Medicaid expansion

Robert King · February 14, 2016 3:22 am

The EPA's new app teaches users about their watershed, to help them understand more about the water and where it is coming from, according to the agency. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Energy and Environment

Agency heads: Flint residents may qualify for Medicaid

Kyle Feldscher · February 12, 2016 7:56 pm

Rep. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is worried President Obama will issue an executive order to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hatch slams possible Obama move on drug prices

Robert King · February 11, 2016 5:16 pm

A report released Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that 1 million children gained coverage during the first full year of the insurance marketplaces set up under President Obama's healthcare law. (AP Photo)

More kids getting covered under Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 11, 2016 5:01 am

In his 2017 budget proposal released Tuesday, President Obama asked Congress to supply him with extra dollars to cover states' full cost of expanding Medicaid for three years, regardless of when they choose to go forward. (AP Photo)

Obama proposes bait for expanding Medicaid

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 9, 2016 11:46 pm

Nearly 5.2 million seniors and people with disabilities received an average of $1,054 in savings. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Obamacare reduces seniors’ drug spending

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 8, 2016 7:23 pm

Matt Bevin is moving forward with plans to ditch the exchange, but last month announced a budget proposal that would continue funding for Medicaid as the program currently stands. (AP Photo)

Kentucky shows it’s hard to roll back Medicaid

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Watch Kasich try to justify bypassing legislature to expand Obamacare

Beltway Confidential

Watch Kasich try to justify bypassing legislature to expand Obamacare

Philip Klein · February 5, 2016 9:01 pm

Data shows higher percentage of uncompensated care in states without expansion, HHS chief said. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Burwell: Medicaid expansion a matter of time

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 5, 2016 7:16 pm

Kentucky had one of the biggest drops in 2014 thanks to the state's Medicaid expansion. (AP file photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky worker uninsurance rate plunges

Robert King · February 3, 2016 7:25 pm

In a new budget outlook released Monday, the Congressional Budget Office said 13 million people are expected to buy plans through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges this year, down from 21 million customers it projected last year. (AP Photo)

CBO estimates lower Obamacare enrollment

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 25, 2016 10:20 pm