Dear Toni,My husband recently retired from his job, and because I am over 65, I need to sign up for Medicare. I went to the local Social Security office with ...

In about a one-week span, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

Patient advocates say they frequently hear from people who thought they didn’t need to sign up for Medicare when they turned ...

Medicare beneficiaries urged to watch for suspicious activity following data incident. CMS offering guidance and resources to ...

The group, which is the accrediting organization for more than 80% of U.S. hospitals and health systems, says the new rules will "dramatically" streamline and simplify the process. Also in the news: ...

Key Medicaid cuts will have to be struck from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” in the Senate, if Republicans want to pass it ...

Advocates say understaffing at the Kansas agency that regulates adult care homes puts elderly and disabled residents at risk ...

Medicaid began in 1965 at the same time Medicare was signed into law. It has been expanded in various ways through the years, most notably in 1997 when federal matching money for states was provided ...

The rescission bill the House just passed to make all the DOGE cuts permanent and Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” are headed to the Senate for their approval. If both of these pass, they will do more harm to ...

Patient advocates say they frequently hear from people who thought they didn’t need to sign up for Medicare upon turning 65 ...

Medicaid is an expensive boondoggle that shifts money from the people who need health care to health insurance companies that then deny up to a third or more of claims, costing everyone else more.

Cutting Medicaid doesn’t save money in the long run. It merely shifts the burden to overcrowded emergency rooms, unpaid family caregivers, and local governments already operating on tight margins.