The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

Struggling to breathe, Patty Cowick knew she had to head to the emergency room at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois, in May.

In September, AARP, the giant organization for older Americans, agreed to promote a burgeoning chain of medical clinics called Oak Street Health, which has opened more than 100 primary care outlets in nearly two dozen states.

BOSTON — A new study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows how newly marketed brand-name drugs in the U.S. are driving up health care spending, resulting in “detrimental effects for patient access and affordability.”

Like other regional towns across Australia, Kingaroy in Queensland's South Burnett is in the grip of a doctor shortage. But mother-of-two Tia Muir worries it is only going to get worse.

A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs

Regulation is critical, and Congress recently took a big step forward by raising the tobacco purchasing age to a national standard of 21. But prohibition doesn’t work.

Dallas’ Steward Health Care System LLC will sell some of its Medicare-related business to a Miami health care firm in a deal valued at $135 million, the companies announced Wednesday.

Abby Finkenauer, Michael Franken, and Glenn Hurst are running in the June 7 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa. The incumbent is Chuck Grassley(R), who was first elected in 1980.

Latest HHS move should alarm "every Congressional Democrat who wants to keep their seat in November"

"You literally killed the bill to do this," shot back Rep. Ilhan Omar

WASHINGTON — The term “unexplained” doesn’t appear too often in official government documents, unless they are dealing with possible paranormal events, like UFOs. Yet the reference is sprinkled throughout the Congressional Budget Office’s latest budget and economic outlook to describe the recent strength in federal tax receipts that’s blown away…