Despite appearing to concede that the Republican Party does not want to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare in his State of the Union address, Joe Biden then resurfaced his accusation in ...

Studies from Department of Orthopedic Surgery Have Provided New Data on Medicare and Medicaid (Medicaid payer status is linked to increased rates of complications after treatment of proximal humerus ...

Last week, the editors of the New York Times called the House Republican budget “cruel” because it seeks to reform Medicaid, our nation’s government-run health insurance program for the poor. But, in ...

Physicians in states where Medicaid rates are closer to Medicare reimbursement rates accept new Medicaid patients at a higher rate, according to a new analysis in Health Affairs. On average, Medicaid ...

It's bad enough spending three or more days in a hospital -- undergoing a barrage of medical tests and procedures. Brace yourself for even more pain at discharge if the hospital tells you that you ...

IMAGINE this: You’re 68 years old. You were recently hospitalized due to an urgent condition. After three days you were discharged to a nursing facility for a few weeks of therapy and recovery. Now ...

You can contact Medicare or Social Security to check the status of your Part A or Part B application. For Part C, Part D, or Medigap applications, you must contact the insurance company directly. You ...

In June, President Obama warned that “it is not sufficient for us simply to add more people to Medicare or Medicaid to increase the rolls, to increase coverage in the absence of cost controls and ...