The proposal would have lowered costs under Medicare for consumers needing expensive drugs, but would have raised Medicare premiums.
Medicare
So You Want to Overturn Obamacare. Here Are Some Things That Would Be Headaches.
People would lose insurance, but workplace lactation rooms, menu calorie information and entire government programs would also be affected.
Where Is Kamala Harris on Medicare for All vs. Private Insurance?
A candidate has a history of making conflicting comments about a divisive health care plan.
Bernie Sanders on Medicare for All
A proposal to offer a government-run health plan to all Americans is at the center of Mr. Sanders’s policy agenda.
30,000 poor elderly, people with disabilities to lose Medicaid coverage in Georgia
Georgia state officials said Tuesday that 30,000 residents will lose their Medicaid coverage for failing to respond to renewal notices. But lawyers of many of the recipients affected say their clients were dropped from coverage without ever having received those notices.
The state Department of Community Health (DCH) had initially reported in early June that 17,000 poor elderly or people with disabilities, who are “dual eligibles” also receiving Medicare benefits, would lose their M...
On the Doorstep With a Plea: Will You Support Medicare for All?
The nation’s largest nurses’ union is pushing Medicare for all from door to door to door in swing House districts. But the campaign for a single-payer health system is slow going.
In trying to protect American jobs, Trump is targeting the wrong visa programmes
The foreign work visa programme at the top of Donald Trump’s hit list is the least harmful to American workers.
H-4 visas, allocated to spouses of H-1B workers waiting in line for green cards to be processed, will likely be terminated by the Trump administration in t...
Many Hospitals Charge Double or Even Triple What Medicare Would Pay
A study of 25 states provides a rare glimpse of the stark disparities between what private insurers and the federal government paid for inpatient and outpatient care.
Social Security and Medicare Funds Face Insolvency, Report Finds
The social safety net programs are fraying as baby boomers age, the trustees of Social Security and Medicare said, but a political fix seems far away.