The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

The watchdog responsible for policing Medicare investigates just 0.07 per cent of health professionals each year, is chronically understaffed and underfunded, and is led by bureaucrats with strong links to the powerful Australian Medical Association, an ABC-Nine investigation has found.

The chair of a health professional lobby group is calling on the federal government to change laws on claims against practitioners.

Republicans have no ideas on how to fix the economy — and what they are planning will only make things worse

More than 3.7 million Medibank customers are anxiously waiting to find out whether their personal medical information has been stolen.

Congress may still try to reform the FDA's accelerated approval process this year.

When Kevin Rudd made Bill Shorten parliamentary secretary for disabilities in 2007, the post was a good deal less than the high-profile new MP’s ambition for a ministry.

It used to be a truism that no elected office-holders would dare to tamper with Social Security if they wished to keep their jobs.

The private health insurance company admits that the personal data of some of its customers — including names, addresses, Medicare numbers and phone numbers — has been stolen in a cyber attack.

Expect a government shutdown, new attacks on Social Security and Medicare and an end to Ukraine aid, for starters