Dementia Risk Could Be Lowered By Doing This For 5 Minutes A Day

Think five minutes isn’t enough time to make a difference in terms of health and well-being? It could actually be enough time to stave off a disease that afflicts many people in their later years. Just five minutes of light exercise a day could help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults, new research has found. The ...

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Medicaid Cuts Would Be Painful In All States, But Nevada Would Get Hurt More Than Most

You know how when big bad national things happen they always seem to hit Nevada harder than other states? Medicaid getting cut could just do that.

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Trump Endorses House Budget Proposal, Likely Leading To Severe Medicaid Cuts

The budget framework calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and increases the debt limit by $4 trillion. It also instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee to slash spending by $880 billion over 10 years, which is expected to include major Medicaid reform.

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Insurers Push Back On Medicare And Medicaid Coverage For GLP-1s

Health plans are lobbying the Trump administration to scrap a proposal dating from the final days of the Biden administration that would require Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity drugs, including GLP-1s, for weight loss.

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Trump Administration Slashes Funding For ObamaCare Outreach Program

The Trump administration slashed funding for Affordable Care Act navigators, which help people sign up for ObamaCare coverage on the law’s exchanges, by 90 percent.

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Top California Democrats Clash Over How To Rein In Drug Industry Middlemen

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers and the second-term governor are at odds over what to do about it, and a recent proposal could trigger one of the biggest health care battles in Sacramento this year.

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