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State officials sending a letter that opposes changes aimed at reducing the deficit by requiring Medicare beneficiaries to pay a higher share of the cost of their supplemental insurance.
President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a series of cost savings in health care programs including to Medicare and Medicaid to reduce the deficit. The proposals include paying doctors for health care outcomes instead of on a "fee-for-service" basis, and Obama also rejected the notion turning Medicare into a "voucher" system.
Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports that the biggest cut to Medicare requires pharmaceutical companies to lower the rates for low-income beneficiaries.
The interstate compact, which has been adopted by four states, would replace federal programs - including Medicare and Medicaid - with block grants. It cannot be implemented without congressional approval.
Administration says dire predictions of damage from the health law have not materialized.
Leading hospital systems didn't apply for Medicare reform tailor-made by the Obama administration to reward such organizations.
Young adults, Hispanics fare better but Asians worse.
Monday night's CNN/Tea Party Express debate among the Republican presidential candidates included discussion of Medicare, the health law, costs, the individual mandate and vaccines.
The Veterans Health Administration has long used approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to cut unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed.
For the first time the Department of Health and Human Services is trying to help eligible legal immigrants sign up for programs like Medicaid. Here's one program.
For the first time the Department of Health and Human Services is trying to help eligible legal immigrants sign up for programs like Medicaid, sometimes by going to health fairs in immigrant neighborhoods.
With the summer recess ending, Jackie Judd talks to KHN's Mary Agnes Carey about the staffing and makeup of the deficit panel and what to expect in the coming months. The "super committee" may take a closer look reining Medicare costs in through reforming Medigap plans and provider payments to cut the deficit.
Republican presidential candidates are often careful to not reveal during primaries how they would change health care in America, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is no exception. But examining Perry's legislative record gives a glimpse into just what he'd change if elected.
The Republican former senator talks with KHN's Mary Agnes Carey about the politics of deficit-cutting commissions and what it will take to tackle the ballooning federal deficit.
With the real estate market depressed, thousands of seniors are unable to move because they can't sell their homes.
For some Democrats and for liberals, the best outcome of the super committee's negotiations could be the automatic Medicare cuts.
The Fiscal Times outlines who's on the panel, where they stand on the issues, and the likelihood of an agreement.
A guide to how the congressional "super" committee's deliberations could influence Medicare and Medicaid.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro's David Nather talk to Jackie Judd about the now complete "super committee" and what it may mean for Medicare and Medicaid.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., a member of President Obama's 2010 debt commission led by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, believes lawmakers on the "super committee" should aim for a balanced approach that would include new tax revenue as well as budget cuts.
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