Applying for Medicaid benefits, particularly long-term care benefits, can be difficult and confusing. Yet, it is a necessary ...

More older Americans are challenging their Medicare Advantage plan's denial of a service, and it's paying off.

Two days after two Democratic federal lawmakers brought their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to a crowd of 4,000 in Bakersfield to oppose Republican plans to cut Medicaid, Rep. David Valadao and 11 other ...

Legislation that would add new restrictions to the process of qualifying for Medicaid is on hold in the Wisconsin Capitol ...

If a doctor prescribes a psoriasis drug that a plan’s formulary does not include — and no comparable alternative drug is available — a person may request a formulary exception. Medicare Part ...

In a 2-1 vote, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the March 24 preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, while the government pursues ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday it will not be finalizing a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid ...

The US Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz on Thursday as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by a vote of 53-45. The confirmation places the former television ...

A federal appeals court panel ruled against the state last year, reasoning that the provision “specifies an entitlement given to each Medicaid beneficiary ... for various forms of cancer ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is circulating form letters to federal lawmakers that warn of how potential funding cuts to Medicaid and research funding would harm families, and asking staff and ...

How much austerity can our hospitals take? It’s a frightening question — and Congress is threatening to find out the answer. Now, Republicans in Congress are threatening to slash the Medicaid ...

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