Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Major joint replacement accounted for $6.6 billion in Medicare payments in fiscal 2013, according to new Medicare data released Monday.Â (iStock)

Joint replacement tops Medicare payments

Robert King · June 1, 2015 3:17 pm

Aetna is the second major insurer to ditch America's Health Insurance Plans this year, following UnitedHealth Group, which said earlier this year that AHIP no longer represents its best interests. (AP Photo)

Insurers outraged over new measure to cap Medicaid costs

Robert King · May 28, 2015 9:00 am

Nearly two thirds of the new overhead created by Obamacare, $172.2 billion, goes to increased private insurer's administrative costs and profits due to rising enrollment. (AP Photo)Â

Obamacare to add nearly $300 billion in overhead: Study

Robert King · May 27, 2015 3:14 pm

Prescription medication is pictured on May 15, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Medicare Part D saves money and lives

Sally Pipes · May 26, 2015 9:00 am

Pharmacist, William Hewitt, (R) speaks with Aase Kjos-Hansen about her options under the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program at Rosemont Pharmacy January 18, 2006 in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Here’s what death panels really killed

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 26, 2015 9:00 am

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks during the 2015 Southern Republican Leadership Conference May 22, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (Getty Image)

Beltway Confidential

Can Christie champion entitlement reform after expanding Medicaid?

W. James Antle III · May 22, 2015 8:49 pm

St. James Terminal,Â Â a U.S. Department of Energy ownedÂ marine unloading and distribution point for crude oil located southwest of Baton Rouge, La., is shown in this file photo. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy)

House seeks to sell oil reserves to fast-track health cures

Robert King · May 21, 2015 3:14 pm

According to a poll conducted by Marketing General Incorporated for the American College of Emergency Physicians, three-quarters of emergency physicians say ER visits are actually on the rise, a significant increase from one year ago. (AP Photo)

Another promise broken: ER visits up under Obamacare

Justin Haskins · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

A recent analysis found that 36 percent of all nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid get one to two stars on a five-star government rating system. (AP Photo)

Many nursing homes get poor marks

Robert King · May 14, 2015 2:43 pm

To represent business, the Chamber must advocate lower spending and debt reduction. (iStock)

Fiscal train wreck

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2015 9:00 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas speaks during a news conference. From left: Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Cornyn, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress adds to deficit even as balanced budget passes

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2015 9:00 am

Arnold Heart, 79, sits at the table during the evening meal as Margaret Sommerville, background, talks at the Daughters of Sarah nursing home in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo)Â

CDC report finds Americans living longer

Robert King · May 8, 2015 3:16 pm