Medicare

In 2019, the industry’s performance was not quite as strong as the overall stock market’s. Some managers point to political uncertainty over health insurance and drug prices.

In 2019, the industry’s performance was not quite as strong as the overall stock market’s. Some managers point to political uncertainty over health insurance and drug prices.

It really could happen.

One policy proposal has defined this Democratic race. It’s time to move on.

Like climate change, the aging of America demands a serious rethinking of the way we live.

A new survey finds that Democrats haven’t fully embraced progressive policy proposals like free college and Medicare for all.

A new survey finds that Democrats haven’t fully embraced progressive policy proposals like free college and Medicare for all.

Surprise billing legislation suddenly stalls. Like “Medicare for all,” the proposal would have lowered the pay of some physicians.

Prospects for most Americans’ retirement security haven’t improved. For affluent households, however, the odds of a successful retirement have gotten much better.

A new report from the inspector general’s office criticized insurers for overstating patients’ illnesses without adequate documentation to obtain more federal money.

The high-profile measure would curb the price of prescription drugs and extend more benefits to Medicare beneficiaries.

In a historic reversal, fewer patients are dying in hospitals. But experts warn that many families are unprepared to care for seriously ill relatives at home.

For the first time in many years, the government reported that spending on health care last year grew more slowly than the economy overall.

Democrats like the “optional” part of the so-called public option. But the very existence of new government insurance could shake up the system.

“My daughter has to eat,” one mother said. “And if it’s choosing between that or paying a doctor bill, I’m going to choose her.”

Medicare revamped its reimbursement policy for physical, occupational and speech therapy in nursing homes. That has left some patients with less help.

Party leaders are describing the health care proposal that appeals to the party’s left as a risky bet that could neutralize one of the Democrats’ prime issues in 2020.

Anxious about the cost of a single-payer health system, more voters now support the idea of a government-run plan that would compete with private insurance.

Please don’t start with Medicare.

If only she’d started with it.