Medicare

Long-ago miscalculations by insurers have led to policyholders’ facing steep premium increases. But there are ways to keep costs down.

Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.

Dialysis at home takes discipline, skill, will and support.

Katie Thomas, who covers health care, has chronicled how the technology disruption in her field has raised questions that are still unanswered.

They should skip the argument over Medicare for All and find the best ways to tackle affordability.

It’s astonishing to see other Democratic candidates attack him for his role in their party’s historic successes.

The former vice president had a lot to prove. To those who had written him off after the first debate, he had this to say: “malarkey.”

As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.”

As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.”

The candidates sparred angrily over whether to wipe out private health insurance and institute a government-run health system.

Our political leaders waste time in partisan battles that leave people uninsured.

Ten Democrats go back to the debate stage

Some Democrats are proposing a government alternative to private insurance. But allowing people to choose such a plan may destabilize the A.C.A., some experts say.

Ms. Harris is forging her own path on the health care issue, putting forth a “Medicare for all” plan that stops short of the complete overhaul Bernie Sanders has proposed.

Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg are among the 2020 candidates earning approval from the government-reform group End Citizens United.

If it followed the path of traditional Medicare, it would end up paying for a lot of coverage that has little medical value.

Readers discuss an opt-out option, low reimbursements and the shockingly bureaucracy-free health care in Greece.

Stop talking so much about the America that he’s destroying. Save your breath for the America you want to create.

More U.S. retirees are moving away, and they are finding that Medicare doesn’t pay for health care outside the country. The solution: Mixing coverages.

In New Hampshire, the former vice president went after some of his rivals, with criticism that Bernie Sanders called “totally absurd.”