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The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on improving Medicare and Medicaid services for people who are eligible for both programs. Health care policy experts and patients who…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Gallardo v. Marstiller, a case concerning Medicaid recovery costs.

Daniel Tsai, the deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, spoke with Alan Weil, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, about the Biden administration’s…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Becerra v. Empire Health Fund, a case on the formula used for Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services.

Kaiser Family Foundation’s Tricia Neuman discussed the future of Medicare and rising Medicare premiums.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) spoke about the importance of including expanded Medicaid coverage in the budget reconciliation bill. Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership…

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), and other lawmakers spoke with reporters about a proposal to expand Medicaid. They also talked about pending votes on…

Julie Rovner talked about the provision in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that would allow Medicare to negotiate the cost of prescriptions.

Maya MacGuineas from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget talked about a recent government report that found the Social Security Trust Fund will have its reserves depleted in…

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), talked about the Biden administration’s priorities for managing the two federally-run health care…

Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, talked about federal figures showing Medicaid enrollment at an all-time high.

National Journal’s Erin Durkin discussed her recent article on states that are now considering Medicaid expansion, following the promise of additional federal funding from the COVID-19 bill. This…

The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from two nominees for the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department. Andrea Palm, HHS deputy secretary nominee, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure,…

The House approved Senate-passed legislation that would suspend the annual Medicare payments cuts until the end of the year.

Authors Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johson examined how Medicare for all could transform the way we give, receive, and pay for health care in America. This was a virtual event hosted by…

President Joe Biden delivered brief remarks and signed two executive orders on health care access and affordability. The president said these orders were not new attempts to legislate but meant to “undo the damage…

Kaiser Health News' Julie Rovner discusses how U.S. health insurance companies are responding to the coronavirus.

Pacific Research Institute president Sally Pipes made the argument against Medicare for all. She was interviewed by Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA).

George Aumoithe, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, discussed the history of universal health care in the United States. Beginning in the 1960s, he explained the…

Representative Raul Ruiz (D-CA) talked about the Trump administration’s new proposal to alter funding for the Medicaid program.