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.
Elizabeth Warren’s “Medicare for all” proposal would make substantial shifts to how the United States pays for its health care system. She would eliminate most other forms of coverage, including private insurance, and provide all Americans with a generous government-run plan.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released her spending plan to finance Medicare-for-all, a single-payer health-care scheme that would eliminate private insurance.
The White House is distancing itself from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) plan to lower drug prices, emphasizing support for a bipartisan plan in the Senate instead.
The average person with traditional Medicare coverage paid $5,460 out of their own pocket for health care in 2016...
The arrangement helps consumers who signed up for exchange plans rather than Medicare Part B coverage.
A family may pay more than $1,500 a month for ACA coverage
When Americans are asked whether they support a “Medicare for all” system that would replace all current insurance with a generous government program, a majority often say yes. But when they’re asked follow-up questions, they often reveal that they’re not familiar with the details of that plan — or that they would also be happy with other Democratic policy proposals.
Amid growing political discussion over growing the role of government in healthcare, Medicare chief Seema Verma is warning that the feds need to have “humility” in how they approach health reform.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) on Monday released a paper providing its preliminary estimates for various ways to finance "Medicare for All," as the issue of how to pay for such a health plan has taken center stage in the Democratic presidential primary.
For Elizabeth Warren, it was supposed to be one more big idea in a campaign built around them: a promise that everyone could get government-funded health care, following the lead of her friend and fellow White House hopeful Bernie Sanders. Instead, "Medicare for All" is posing one of the biggest challenges to the Massachusetts senator's candidacy.