Medicare & Medicaid

Democrats claim credit, vow to fight against repeal; patient advocacy group offers critique.

President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. MGMA says this is what he and Congress should focus on for health care.

New prices would take effect in 2027.

Choice is up to Congress, but plan presents a raise for 2026, with additional money for primary care.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, (R-NC), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Study finds traditional Medicare doing just as well at providing dental, vision and hearing services

A Weill Cornell Medicine study found that one-third of all Medicare Part D pharmacy spending and nearly 40% of specialty drug spending within Medicare Part D was through pharmacies owned by the four largest PBMs: CVS, UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and Humana.

Opting out of Medicare might be your only choice

With time still left to enroll, the 2025 marketplace open enrollment period has seen 11.6 million more enrollees compared to 2021.

MGMA: Late 2024 legislation had some help for health care, but House, Senate need to act now.

The budget continuing resolution does nothing to address cuts to Medicare reimbursement, and physicians are going to pay the price

Health care costs money. Here’s how much the nation spent last year.

CMS Office of the Actuary publishes annual price tag; physicians got $978 billion of it.

How to stop accepting Medicare in your practice.

Health care organizations respond to ‘mixed bag’ bill.

AANP offers five critical health care trends for next year.

ACP also calls for action on prior authorizations.

Respondents citing financial hardship as a reason for non-adherence to asthma medications had nearly double the odds of an asthma attack and more than 60% heightened risk of requiring ED care.

MedPAC starts deliberations on 2026 reimbursement recommendation to Congress.

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses his bill to stop the planned Medicare reimbursement reduction.

A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

RAND study found hospitals have increased how frequently they say patients need the highest level of care