Public Health

In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks

An investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group gained further traction on Capitol Hill this week as additional

Desantis, Newsom to Tangle Over Hot-Button Health Issues

Angela Hart and Daniel Chang Florida’s Republican presidential hopeful, Ron DeSantis,and Democratic firebrand Gavin Newsom of California square off today

Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics

Susan Jaffe After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the

FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity

A recent Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices that sharply

Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors

A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska

Cigna, Humana shares fall after report health-care giants could merge

Cigna, Humana shares fall after report health-care giants could merge

The Cigna Group headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, on Oct. 27, 2023. BlooJoe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of

Hospitals and Doctors Are Fed up With Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million people,

‘Forever Chemicals’ in Thousands of Private Wells Near Military Sites, Study Finds

Water tests show nearly 3,000 private wells located near 63 active and former U.S. military bases are contaminated with “forever

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Use Trump’s Covid Record to Court Vaccine Skeptics

Former President Donald Trump often seems proud to advertise his administration’s record on speedily developing covid-19 vaccines. On the campaign