Cutting Medicaid shifts costs to Medicare, increasing the burden on federal taxpayers. Medicaid covers essential services not covered by Medicare, such as nursing home care and premiums ...

When you first sign up for Medicare, you may come across many terms and abbreviations. Learning the definitions of these can help you understand Medicare better. Medicare information can be confusing.

You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing h.cameron@newsweek.com A watchdog organization advocating for senior citizens in New York has issued a warning about a possible Medicare scam spreading ...

Medicare primarily operates a fee-for-service (FFS) payment system. This means that healthcare professionals and facilities bill Medicare for each service they provide, with itemized costs ...

Some Medicare Advantage plans are offering enrollees surprising supplemental benefits to boost their health, though a new report notes that those benefits have been extended to expenses with a ...

UnitedHealth under criminal probe for possible Medicare fraud related to Medicare Advantage business, WSJ reports Co says it not been informed of criminal probe by federal prosecutors UnitedHealth ...

UnitedHealth Group plans to stop paying commissions next month to brokers and sales agents who sell new Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The insurer, which has had a rough week that's ...

I have long been a fan of universal Medicare. While some time back I thought we could get there fairly quickly, I became a fan of incrementalist approaches as I watched even much smaller changes ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is carrying out a criminal investigation into UnitedHealth Group for possible Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. UnitedHealth ...

Thursday's plunge follows a new report in the Wall Street Journal released late Wednesday that said the company is facing a criminal investigation related to possible Medicare fraud. In a ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with a response from UnitedHealth Group. The hits keep coming for UnitedHealth Group. Just days after the company announced a change at the top and the ...

UnitedHealthcare dealt another blow to its Medicare agents when it announced last week it will not pay commissions on Medicare prescription drug plans sold after June 1. The announcement was the ...