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UnitedHealth Shares Tumble After Earnings Fall Short Due to Medicare Issues
The healthcare giant slashed its 2025 projections, citing higher-than-expected costs for people enrolled in its Medicare ...
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How Medicare Advantage Is Helping Bend The Cost Curve
As policy makers consider programmatic changes that would restrict MA plans’ ability to manage care, they should be mindful ...
US officials target undocumented immigrants using Medicare data
U.S. immigration officials and the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are seeking to use a sensitive Medicare ...
ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies
Trump immigration officials and the U.S. DOGE Service are seeking to use a sensitive Medicare database as part of their ...
Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.
Democratic senators call on RFK Jr. to keep rule allowing Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to keep a proposed ...
Trump administration halts Biden proposal to let Medicare, Medicaid cover anti-obesity drugs
The Trump administration announced Friday that it is not moving forward with a Biden-era proposal that would have expanded ...
Dr. Oz’s impact on Medicare and Medicaid: Key insights for retirees
So far, Oz has been tight-lipped on what he thinks about potential cuts to Medicaid, dodging questions during his hearings ...
Medicare Advantage’s ‘secretive maze’ of costly marketing and incentives needs an overhaul, Senate report says
The “secretive maze of marketing and enrollment incentives” surrounding Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers extra money and ...