Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medical Futility

Wesley J. Smith · November 16, 2015 5:00 am

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced an executive order Tuesday that will automatically restore the right to vote and hold public office to certain felons who have completely served their criminal sentences. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky gov urges incoming Republican to keep Obamacare programs

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 13, 2015 6:14 pm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced late Tuesday the 2016 premiums and deductibles for Medicare Part A, which covers hospital costs, and Part BÂ whichÂ covers physician and outpatient programs. (Bloomberg/Daniel Acker)

Medicare premiums to remain flat for most of 2016

Robert King · November 10, 2015 11:04 pm

"Assuming there are no bombshells in Mr. Carson's past, his best strategy to counter doubts about his candidacy is to show more mastery of policy issues than he has so far," The Wall Street Journal said.Â (AP Photo)

WSJ: Carson must ‘show more mastery of policy’

Eddie Scarry · November 9, 2015 6:16 pm

Did Democrats just find their political version of Obamacare?

Did Democrats just find their political version of Obamacare?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 5, 2015 3:00 am

Montana's state legislature passed MedicaidÂ expansion earlier this year. (AP Photo/Alison Noon)

Montana officially expands Medicaid

Robert King · November 2, 2015 10:37 pm

Treating obesity and the health conditions that stem from it is expensive, as state Medicaid programs can attest. (iStock Photo)

Obesity costs Medicaid $8 billion a year

Robert King · November 2, 2015 9:00 pm

Beginning in January, doctors can get reimbursed for advising terminally ill patients on what types of interventions they may want to accept or reject.Â (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Medicare to pay for end-of-life counseling

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 2, 2015 6:43 pm

Obama Kush, a type of marijuana available for recreational purchase, is displayed at Twenty After Four Wellness Center in Eugene, Ore. Several states will have pot legalization measures on the ballot in 2016. (The Register-Guard via AP)Â

Recreational weed laws could be in for a change

Washington Examiner Staff · November 2, 2015 6:00 am

"I doubt that the rebates would have much of an effect on the behavior of drug companies," saidÂ Gerard Anderson, a professor at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health.Â (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA via AP Images)

Rebates unlikely to stop next drug price increase

Robert King · October 29, 2015 4:01 am

"Nothing has to change for current beneficiaries. I'm against anything that's bad for my mother."Â (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Insider, outsider candidates divided on entitlement reform

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 29, 2015 3:13 am

Budget deal targets high drug prices

Robert King · October 27, 2015 7:36 pm