Medicare & Medicaid
News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.
Medicaid chiefs from red and blue states are urging Congress to stem the cost of revolutionary new drugs for hepatitis C, cancer, and other diseases.
For Carolyn Oatman, enrolling in Medicaid this year was "a dream come true."
With an improving fiscal climate, many states are increasing benefits for Medicaid recipients and paying their providers more.
The Medicare "Part B" premium that most older people pay for outpatient care will stay the same in 2015 — $104.90 a month.
The latest campaign spending figures on California's two big healthcare ballot initiatives are just in, courtesy of the watchdog group MapLight, and they're mind-boggling.
The Department of Health and Human Services is improperly hiding health insurers' requested rate increases from the public -- in violation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new lawsuit from a former administration health official.
The ObamaCare exchanges that opened for business last fall to disastrous consequence are expected to be largely improved with better technology and more insurance plans when they re-open next month, but critics are still raising concerns about consumer costs and choices.
For millions of older Americans, it is time to sift through the mind-boggling array of Medicare plans.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to boost oversight of so-called "narrow networks" and other business practices that affect timely access to care.
California regulators won't challenge the next round of health insurance rate increases in the state exchange, but insurers' narrow networks of doctors and hospitals are drawing tougher scrutiny.