Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, are pushing the issue in the Senate. [AP Photo

Community health centers face ‘fiscal cliff’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 17, 2015 5:00 am

House GOP previews balanced budget, Obamacare repeal

House GOP previews balanced budget, Obamacare repeal

Joseph Lawler · March 16, 2015 7:02 pm

White House: GOP governors value politics over lives

White House: GOP governors value politics over lives

Brian Hughes · March 16, 2015 5:37 pm

A permanent fix to prevent doctors from losing a chunk of their Medicare payments has yet to emerge from Congress. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Murky path to permanent Medicare ‘doc fix’

Robert King · March 13, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama's proposed fiscal 2016 budget would reduce deficits by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Obama budget would reduce deficits by $1.2 trillion: Budget office

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2015 5:07 pm

The drugs Harvoni and Sovaldi, made by Gilead, threw Medicare for a loop when they hit the market.

Medicare spending rises to highest total since 2003

Robert King · March 11, 2015 11:11 pm

Republican state Rep. Art Wittich, who chairs the committee, told the Associated Press he wasn't convinced that spending "more government money on healthcare is going to fix healthcare." (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, file)

Montana legislature kills Medicaid expansion

Robert King · March 11, 2015 2:57 pm

Sens Paul, Booker, and Gillibrand introduce federal medical marijuana bill

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Sens Paul, Booker, and Gillibrand introduce federal medical marijuana bill

Maria Santos · March 10, 2015 6:56 pm

New Hampshire asked the Obama administration for a waiver in November, and this week Gov. Maggie Hassan announced that it was approved.Â (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Alternative Medicaid expansion approved in New Hampshire

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 6, 2015 5:47 pm

A pair of Miami healthcare workers face six years in prison for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. (iStock Photo)

Florida provider defrauded Medicare of $63 million while playing Disney movies

Sarah Bedford · March 6, 2015 3:13 pm

The study said the U.S. would face a shortage between 46,000 and 90,000 doctors by 2025. (iStock)

Study projects massive doctor shortage by 2025

Robert King · March 3, 2015 5:46 pm

Senior man with an unhappy, depressed expression and his hands framing his face looking through an opening in rows of prescription medication. Health care and medication cost can overwhelm many senior citizens.

GAO wants to curb giving seniors antipsychotic drugs

Robert King · March 2, 2015 5:31 pm