The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

Organisation says fees for treatment of injuries, MRIs and STI testing for people without medicare would be reassessed

Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday they had cut a surprise agreement on an expansive plan to reduce healthcare and energy costs, cut down on carbon emissions, fight inflation and allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

The agreement is a major reversal for Democrats who had narrowed their ambitions for the package to addressing looming lapses in the Affordable Care Act and changes to prescription drug prices.

"Republicans are working hand in hand with Big Pharma to try to block Democrats from lowering drug prices"

WASHINGTON — House leaders are cramming this week to finish a laundry list of legislative priorities before a five-week getaway from Washington.

House and Senate leaders are looking to pass a long list of items in a short time before taking their annual August break.

The death of Aboriginal man Mootijah Shillingsworth from an ear infection while in custody was preventable, a NSW coroner has found.

A coroner finds the failure to identify and treat an Indigenous inmate's ear disease precipitated the man's death in custody and recommends a trial of Medicare for Aboriginal people in custody.