As the federal budget tightens access to Medicare, the gap between wealthy and struggling retirees is likely to grow.

In July 1965, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law to provide basic health insurance for vulnerable populations. Over the past six decades, these two programs have transformed the US health care ...

ACCESS is a decade-long initiative to expand tech-enabled care and outcome-based payments for Medicare patients with obesity, ...

Five states that used payroll subsidies to drive nursing home staffing increases succeeded, but they also saw nursing homes fill more of their beds with Medicare patients during the same period.

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ALERT, PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM CARE AND THE TRANSITION FROM MEDICARE TO MEDICAID CAN BE DAUNTING, ESPECIALLY WITH FEDERAL MEDICAID CUTS LOOMING. ELDER LAW AND ESTATE PLANNING. ATTORNEY JEFFREY KENT ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Does Medicare offer financial assistance for struggling seniors? My mom lives primarily on her Social Security survivor benefit and is having a hard time paying her Medicare costs. ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries spoke out against the Republican ...

Dear Savvy Senior, Does Medicare offer any financial assistance for struggling seniors? My mom lives primarily on her Social Security survivor benefit and is having a hard time paying her Medicare ...

What do I do if I don’t think I can afford my Medicare premiums? Are the unsolicited calls I’m getting from “Medicare” really offering me free medications, or is it a scam? What’s the difference ...

Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans' members, a new federal watchdog report says.