The health insurance industry’s credit outlook for the year remains negative as medical costs continue to rise, according to a new report from Moody’s Ratings. The Moody’s analysts said that in the current environment, payers will have “limited prospects for profitable growth” this year. Given the margin pressures facing the industry, plan redesigns, benefit cuts ...

As a result of the ruling, HHS has postponed a planned meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices this week.

The federal government will pay $76 billion more for individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage than it would have for enrollees in the traditional program, according to a new report.

Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a groundswell of older Americans demanding that federal officials hike payments to their Medicare Advantage health insurance plans. Yet about 82% of the comments are identical to a letter that appeared on the website of a secretive advocacy ...

Federal cuts to Medicaid spending under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, compounded by fiscal belt-tightening in Sacramento, could cost clinics up to one-third of its annual revenue, requiring cuts to services.

Projects that are supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and other vulnerable Californians have been delayed or cancelled.