The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this ...

Although more than 164 million Americans receive health benefits from their employer, only 2 in 10 are confident in their health insurance knowledge.

President Donald Trump has been in office for 102 days. He has been quick to shake up U.S. foreign policy priorities and import tariffs, but his goals for commercial health coverage are still hazy. He has not yet shown whether he intends to eliminate the Affordable Care Act soon, focus at least temporarily on simply updating the ...

Getting a shingles vaccine may help with more than the viral infection that causes painful rashes — new research shows it can also lower the risk of heart disease. In a study, published Monday in the European Heart Journal, researchers found people given the shot had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart ...

Aetna will exit the individual markets in 2026, less than five years after making a return to this space.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning a May 7 meeting to finalize and advance its portion of the bill, leaving little time for members to iron out differences. The legislation calls for the committee to find $880 billion in savings over a decade, with most of it expected to come from health programs.