What to know about Medicare in Washington
Washington offers various Medicare options, including Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medigap. Learn more here.
Musk's DOGE granted access to US Medicare and Medicaid systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representatives of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services where they were granted access to agency ...
Medicaid Funding Freeze Would Hurt Trump’s Own Voters
Pushed by reporters last Friday, Trump vowed no big cuts in Medicaid with an important caveat: “unless we can find some abuse ...
President Trump's Medicare Changes: 4 Things You Should Know
President Donald Trump didn't wait long in his second term to begin shaking things up in Washington, D.C. In less than two weeks back in the White House, Trump delivered upheaval in multiple areas, ...
Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less
(THE CONVERSATION) Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE staff gets access to Social Security, Medicare payment systems
The move by DOGE, a Trump administration task force assigned to find ways to fire federal workers, cut programs and slash ...
White House says Medicaid portal ‘will be back online shortly' after Trump funding freeze blamed
A funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration has sparked widespread confusion about its effects on government ...
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Trump order signals shake-up in drug pricing innovation through Medicare and Medicaid
An HHS official told the Washington Examiner after publication ... developed and would have been administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, an office under CMS, the agency ...
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MultiCare Yakima Memorial, other hospitals statewide helped by Medicaid payment boost
After several years of huge financial losses, hospitals across Washington are doing better financially, in large part due to ...
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Everything to know about Medicaid, the largest US public health insurance program
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It ...
Confusion reigns for states trying to secure Medicaid dollars
At least 20 states were unable to draw funds from an HHS payment system hours after the White House ordered a pause on the ...
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Washington's hospital system is financially 'fragile' despite improvements
Despite the improvement to hospitals' financial health, a survey from the Washington State Hospital Association found 70% of ...