Last February, it was discovered that Change Healthcare had been the victim of a cyberattack and that up to a third of Americans had their private health information exposed. While the full extent of the hack has yet to ...

In what could be another weapon in the battle against high drug prices, two Democratic lawmakers, one in the Senate and one in the House, have sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to finalize rules that c ...

The Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security programs in May. Both the Trustees and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) project that Social Security ...

The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients By Judith Graham     March 27, 2024   KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when ...

Nursing homes, hospice providers, and inpatient psychiatric facilities would all see Medicare pay hikes next year under proposals recently released by the Biden administration. Hospice providers would get an additiona ...

According to an article in Newsweek, seniors relying on Medicare for their health care are being targeted by a widespread "phantom billing" scam that has the potential to rob them of thousands of dollars. Phantom bill ...

They were six months past their deadline but in late March Congress finally managed to pass the last legislation needed to fund the government for fiscal year 2024. President Biden’s signing of the measure completed a ...