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May 17, 2012
A planned graduation speech by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Georgetown University is going forward, despite criticism from the Archdiocese of Washington that Sebelius is an inappropriate choice for the Jesuit school.
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By The Associated Press |
May 16, 2012
Tennessee is one of six states that will share in more than $181 million in federal health care grants.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
May 3, 2012
Medicare's payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack Obama's health care law is summarily overturned, the administration has quietly informed the courts.
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By Jonathan J. Cooper |
May 3, 2012
The Obama administration is buying into an ambitious health care initiative in Oregon, announcing Thursday it has tentatively agreed to chip in $1.9 billion over five years to help get the program off the ground.
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By Kelli Kennedy, Pete Yost |
May 2, 2012
Federal authorities charged 107 doctors, nurses and social workers in seven cities with Medicare fraud Wednesday in a nationwide crackdown on unrelated scams that allegedly billed the taxpayer-funded program of $452 million — the highest dollar amount in a single Medicare bust in U.S. history.
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By The Associated Press |
May 1, 2012
Illinois health care centers are receiving nearly $9.5 million in grants made possible by the national health care overhaul.
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By Jenny Ivy |
April 26, 2012
According to a new report from The Kaiser Family Foundation, preliminary estimates project that insurers will have to return $1.3 billion to customers this year, including $426 million in the individual market, $377 million in the small group market, and $541 million in the large group market.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
April 23, 2012
In a blow to the Obama administration on Medicare, government auditors Monday called for the cancellation of a costly bonus program for private health plans that congressional Republicans have criticized as a wasteful political ploy.
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By Stephen Ohlemacher |
April 23, 2012
An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs.
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By Carla K. Johnson |
April 5, 2012
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will respond "appropriately" to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing federal courts' authority to strike down laws passed by Congress.
