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Medicaid changes get new timeline: Who's impacted
This is a significant shift from prior proposals, as they rally around President Donald Trump's expansive budget package.
Dr. Oz, head of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, talks program cuts, healthy eating during Philadelphia visit
During a visit to Philadelphia, Dr. Mehmet Oz said possible cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will make them more efficient.
Dr. Mehmet Oz talks new role, Medicaid, vaccines, AI and more
Dr. Mehmet Oz – a physician, TV host and candidate in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania – was recently named the ...
'I feel very scared': Some Americans fear losing coverage due to proposed Medicaid cuts
Republicans are proposing cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's spending bill. Some Americans are worried the ...
Do Medicare, Medicaid cover weight loss drugs? It depends
Medicare recipients suffering from obesity must pay out of pocket for weight loss drugs like Wecovy and Zepbound.
Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services
About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to pay for social services such as housing and nutritional support.
HHS plan to use Medicare and Medicaid data to study autism alarms experts
Federal health officials didn’t provide information about how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.
Democrats push GOP toward Medicare ‘upcoding’ instead of Medicaid cuts
Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage “upcoding” ...
US Medicare lays out timeline for third round of drug price negotiations
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Monday that it would announce a list of 15 drugs eligible ...
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Medicare, Medicaid may cover digital therapeutics under new bill
Bipartisan bill would expand Medicare and Medicaid to cover FDA-approved digital therapeutics, closing care gaps for ...
US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare ...
Health Sec. Kennedy launches autism project using Medicare and Medicaid data
The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of ...