Medicaid Services

Up to 15 million Americans, including six million kids, are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage once the public health emergency ends.

As ominous music plays in the background, the narrator of a radio ad echoes objections from drugmakers by warning that a Trump administration proposal to apply international pricing to certain Medicare drugs would be a nightmare for seniors. The one-minute spot is the handiwork of the Alliance for Patient Access, a nonprofit group that gives off a consumer-friendly vibe but...

A lack of health care hits residents especially hard in Maine, with the oldest population in the country, and so the Democratic challenger in the state’s Second Congressional District is focused on saddling the incumbent with his vote to kill “Obamacare,” following a playbook unfolding across the country. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, New England’s only Republican in the House of Representatives,...

Medicare’s fall open enrollment period ends Thursday. During the annual seven-week period, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7, beneficiaries can make changes related to Medicare Part C (known as an Advantage Plan) and Part D (prescription drug coverage). Medicare Advantage coverage is offered by private insurers under contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal...

After helping the State Department recognize 13 women for demonstrating courage and leadership in the face of adversity on Wednesday, Melania Trump appeared at a White House panel discussion on women’s empowerment. She was introduced by her husband, President Donald Trump, as a “very highly accomplished woman.”