Medicare

Access to health care provides us dignity in our vulnerable moments when we are well and sustains us in the rare circumstances when the worst we imagine comes true.

A self-purported advocate for women, Ivanka Trump has been shilling for a tax plan that reports say would be disastrous for women and their families.

The pain is real but the blame is misplaced.

Senate Democrats are warning constituents that the newly passed Republican tax overhaul could lead to significant cuts to entitlement programs.

The Florida senator says that increased deficit spending will require cuts to entitlements.

Sanders now has two popular Democrats co-sponsoring his single-payer bill. Whether this will inspire other Democrats to hop on board remains to be seen. 

A new report estimates how much people will need in retirement to cover the gaps in health coverage.

The Vermont senator says it's time to 'guarantee healthcare to all people as a right.'

The president will unveil economic plans Tuesday night with an address before Congress.

In his new role, Price could easily change the course of American health and lifestyle.

Without laws to enforce them, the president’s ideas to control drug prices will do just the opposite.

Paul Ryan and Donald Trump used to feud. They don’t any longer.

Near retirement age? Learn what your Medicare benefits offer you, how to collect and what it will cost.

The candidates engaged in multiple distortions on the health care issue while debating.

Social Security and Medicare are props in the relentless morality play about big government's supposed fecklessness.

Expect a lot more visits to the doctor's office via webcam.

Government price fixing will produce unintended consequences in drug research and pricing.

A third of a million deaths were avoided thanks to Medicare Part D. It needs bolstering, not cutting.

Administrative costs account for 15 to 30 percent of all health care spending in the U.S. For Medicare it’s 3 percent.

Trustees say the popular retirement program and Medicare have a mixed outlook.

The health insurance industry has snagged another top official to get what it wants from lawmakers and regulators.

Medicare will reimburse health providers for consulting with patients about treatment near the end of their lives.

The deal would nearly triple Aetna's Medicare Advantage business.

GOP governors are eating their words—and taking federal money—to help the poor.

Higher enrollment figures have given a boost to Obama and his Democratic allies

The change is the latest policy shift to come out of last year’s Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor, which found part of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional

Medicare pays two times the retail price for erectile dysfunction treatment.

The president now has the means to fire those responsible for the roll-out debacle.