The United States took a significant step forward in cancer care this February when President Biden signed the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act into law. Enacted on ...

Throughout this campaign, Joe Biden has not proved himself to have a particularly nuanced or accurate understanding of American healthcare. Earlier this year, he criticized Medicare for All by saying ...

President Joe Biden this week called for higher taxes on wealthy Americans to boost Medicare as part of his 2024 budget, aiming to help fund the program for at least 25 years. The plan would increase ...

But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it may reconsider coverage of those drugs in the future, according to a fact sheet on the rule. The proposal would have given millions more ...

President Joe Biden urged lawmakers to "stand up for seniors" in his annual State of the Union address on Thursday, while pledging to protect Social Security and Medicare. "If anyone here tries to cut ...

The Trump administration has negotiated lower prices for 15 widely used medications covered by Medicare, with the federal government saying the effort will cut spending on those drugs by 44%, or about ...

Reining in drug prices has been a priority for both the Trump and Biden administrations. Trump is getting more credit for his efforts. A new poll by KFF, a health policy nonprofit, shows that 41% of ...

Coverage of high-cost drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation has improved under the Inflation Reduction Act, according to an analysis from KFF. All Medicare Part D enrollees now have coverage ...

Medicare enrollees could save roughly half of what they usually pay for certain drugs next year, according to a study from ...