Medicare
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Report: US health spending still highest among peers
Despite spending more on healthcare than all its peer nations, the US continues to deliver poorer outcomes, deeper inequities, and shrinking access to primary care.
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Hospitals push back at CMS proposal to cap state Medicaid payments
Hospitals concerned rule would reduce state-directed payments far more than Congress intended, placing additional strain on safety net hospitals that serve large numbers of low income patients.
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Medicare to offer $50 monthly access to GLP‑1 drugs under new CMS demonstration
Part D enrollees will gain $50 monthly access to select GLP-1 medications through a new CMS demonstration program – but at what price?
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DOJ fraud division launches west coast healthcare fraud ‘strike force’
The new strike force will target healthcare fraud schemes across California, Arizona, and Nevada, bringing expanded federal enforcement to tech hubs and emerging fraud hotspots.
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DOJ program invites data-mining whistleblowers
The new program responds to the growing use of public data to generate often-lucrative whistleblower complaints.
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CMS issues final 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment Rates
Payor and provider groups are saying the rate increases may not be enough to stave off cuts to coverage.
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Texas DME operator receives 7.5 years in prison for $59m Medicare fraud scheme
The owner and operator of three DME companies paid illegal kickbacks to doctors for medically unnecessary orthotics braces to fund a lavish lifestyle.
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Sanders and Khanna introduce Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act
“We can no longer tolerate a corrupt tax code that enables billionaires to pay a lower tax rate,” said Sanders.