The Trump administration is considering a five-year pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the ...

Washington Post National Health Reporter Paige Winfield Cunningham discusses how the Trump administration is considering ...

The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, potentially ...

An estimated 4.4% of primary care physicians left Medicare in 2023 — a higher exit rate than specialists — according to a new ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...

In 2026, Medicare participants will pay more for their health care. Part B costs are expected to rise more than 10%. Here's ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that steps are being taken to address healthcare fraud. For one thing, ...

Medicare Advantage, the privately run insurance on which roughly 500,000 older Louisiana residents rely for health care, is facing calls for change in Congress.

A five-year experiment aims to open access to blockbuster GLP‑1 drugs for obesity, something advocates have pushed for years.

Medicare is on shaky ground in the current policy environment, making it difficult to sustain its accomplishments, much less ...

The federal government's Medicare program and older adults together spend $4.4 billion a year on care that has low clinical ...

Trump is changing Medicare, mostly focusing on providers. But the biggest impact may come from tariffs and deporting ...