Tag: Medicare
U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans
The Justice Department accused large insurers of colluding with national brokers to steer older people and those with disabilities toward coverage tha [...]
Trump Seeks to Lower Drug Prices Through Medicare and Some Imports
President Trump directed his administration to help states import drugs from Canada. But a proposal to alter a Medicare program to reduce costs could [...]
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.
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Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs
Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs pai [...]
Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Ovrsee Medicare and Medicaid
The TV celebrity doctor, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will take the reins at a time when the agency is facing cutbacks, especially for the poor, and scru [...]
Senators Grill Dr. Oz on Medicaid Cuts and Medicare Changes
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity, dodged queries about Republican plans to cut health insurance for the poor, and emerged unscathed on his ties to majo [...]
Dr. Oz Faces Senators at Confirmation Hearing to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid
The Senate Finance Committee holds a confirmation hearing on Friday for Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity who is nominated to run major health programs [...]
Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
The TV celebrity and Trump nominee has pledged to divest from most of his financial interests. But they touch nearly every corner of health care, from [...]
Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks
The celebrity doctor said he would divest from his interests in many drug, medical and insurance companies, worth millions of dollars.
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Trump could make changes to Medicare drug price negotiations
President Donald Trump arrives in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.Oliver Contreras | Afp | Getty I [...]
RFK Jr. struggles with Medicare, Medicaid basics in Senate hearings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor [...]
Food as medicine startups could benefit
Robert Kennedy Jr., U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, arrives at the Hart Senate Office [...]
Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic
A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023. George Frey | ReutersThe Biden administration on Fr [...]
Medicare $2,000 prescription drug cap may save enrollees thousands: AARP
Most Medicare patients who hit the new $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs could see massive savings, despite changes in premi [...]
Medicare can cover Eli Lilly’s Zepbound for sleep apnea: Health Department agency
An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023.Brendan McDermid | ReutersMedicare drug pla [...]