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Medicare

Medicine & Biotech · covered by 26 outlets this week · tracked since 2026-10-27

Press: 14 mainstream 26 specialist 2 independent outlet-days

Coverage

Aetna sues to challenge 2027 MA star ratings

Fierce Healthcare · 2h ago

Why Centene's CEO sees opportunity for 'long-term growth' in Medicaid

Fierce Healthcare · 2h ago

study

Initial treatment for lower back pain is associated with subsequent risk of opioid use disorder and overdose

Medical Xpress · 5h ago

Medicare's prior-authorization pilot test led to an immediate drop in use of services

Medical Xpress · 6h ago

Midterm Election Update: Immigrant Health Policy

KFF · 7h ago

Centene progresses on profit recovery, drops 6,000 employees

Healthcare Dive · 9h ago

More Than 4 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Have Their Medicare Advantage or Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan Terminated at the End of 2026

KFF · 12h ago

Medicaid expansion failed to lower IBD mortality

Healio · 13h ago

STAT+: Rising premiums, a sad Medicaid gathering, and a new fraud crackdown

STAT Politics (health policy) · 1d ago

Uninsured rate rises to 11% ahead of Medicaid work requirements

Healthcare Dive · 1d ago

opinion

In a Maternity Care Crisis, CMS Undermines Efforts To Modernize Care

MedCity News · 1d ago

Open enrollment begins: What Medicare beneficiaries need to know for 2027

The Hill Healthcare · 1d ago

Centene sues the CMS over 2027 Medicare Advantage star ratings

Healthcare Dive · 1d ago

Many Medicare Patients Could Lose Access to Remote Monitoring Devices

KFF Health News · 1d ago

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Inpatient Mortality and Risk Factors Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries Ages 65 and Older with COVID-19 Treated with COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP), During 2020-2021

medRxiv - Epidemiology · 2d ago

Republicans struggle for an answer to Democrats’ Medicaid attacks

The Hill Healthcare · 2d ago

opinion

Medicare Will Pay $50k for Your Heart Attack. It Should Pay $100 to Prevent It.

MedPage Today Geriatrics · 2d ago

Almost two-thirds of Australians bulk-billed for all GP care amid extra incentives for doctors

Guardian Health · 2d ago

GOP Congressman in California Swing-District Race Defends Vote for Medicaid Cuts

KFF Health News · 4d ago

Medicaid at Risk for Hundreds of Thousands of Lawfully Present Immigrants

KFF Health News · 4d ago

Digging Into the Money Behind the US Healthcare System

KFF Health News · 4d ago

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What Is Medicaid?

Everyday Health · 4d ago

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What Is Medicare Advantage?

Everyday Health · 4d ago

Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers

NYT Health · 5d ago

STAT+: Crackdowns loom, from China to New York

STAT Politics (health policy) · 5d ago

Assessing Ability to Work: How Historical SNAP Processes May Vary from Medicaid

KFF · 5d ago

Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

KFF Health News · 5d ago

At a Last-Hope Health Clinic, Desperation, Kindness and Fear for What’s Next

NYT Health · 5d ago

Judi Health Launches Medicare Part D Plan for Employers

MedCity News · 6d ago

STAT+: CMS extends fraud crackdown to New York’s adult day care program

STAT Politics (health policy) · 6d ago

A 3-year-old was woken minutes into a nap to get more autism therapy. Was it good treatment or “simple business math”?

WSJ Health · 7d ago

study

Acute Back Pain: Skip the Prescription Painkillers in First Line, Study Suggests

MedPage Today Geriatrics · 7d ago

STAT+: The key health care ballot measures we’re watching in the midterms

STAT Politics (health policy) · 7d ago

study

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Conditions in Medicare Advantage In-Home Health Risk Assessments

Annals of Internal Medicine · 7d ago

Medicaid cuts haunt Republicans in battleground states

Politico Health Care · 8d ago

'Medicare for All' Is Back. Now Comes the Hard Part.

MedPage Today Geriatrics · 9d ago

Trump Invested More in Drugmakers That Benefited From Medicare Exemptions, Dems Say

MedPage Today Geriatrics · 9d ago

The Trump administration is doubling down on health care fraud investigations

STAT Politics (health policy) · 12d ago

Alliance Resources and Live Event Help Beneficiaries Navigate Medicare Open Enrollment Season

Alliance for Aging Research · 12d ago

A New Medicare Season Begins, but Some Shifts Will Arrive in 2027

MedPage Today Geriatrics · 12d ago

How consumer tech company Whoop is building for Medicare patients

STAT Health Tech · 13d ago

Minnesota worries it’s not getting back $259 million Trump froze

Politico Health Care · 13d ago

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Supplemental Rebates From Drug Makers To State Medicaid Programs Grew Fivefold From 2017 To 2024

Health Affairs (current issue) · 22d ago

Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.

Politico Health Care · 24d ago

House Dems to Jeffries: Woo RFK Jr.’s followers

Politico Health Care · 32d ago

Medicare for All: Separating the slogan from the substance

Your Local Epidemiologist · 34d ago

Reminder: YLE Fall vaccine webinar

Your Local Epidemiologist · 43d ago

Oz’s Medicaid fraud war room is prompting ‘aggressive’ state crackdowns

Politico Health Care · 47d ago

Specialist doctor fees are forcing Australians into ‘impossible choices’. Advocates say urgent change is needed

Guardian Australia Health · 324d ago

Australian taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’

Guardian Australia Health · 332d ago

I just paid $870 in medical bills (after Medicare) in six weeks. My faith in Australia’s public health is crushed

Guardian Australia Health · 341d ago