The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

More than two years into the country’s declared public health emergency, the Biden administration faces a dilemma about whether and when to end it.

The administration is under pressure to end the public health emergency but doing so could take away insurance for millions of Americans.

Medicare has proposed limiting coverage of Aduhelm. Key groups representing patients and families are pressing to make it more widely available. Among people facing the disease, the outlook is more nuanced.

Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting a new push in the Senate

UnitedHealthcare has added Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ:KALA) Eysuvis (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) 0.25% as a covered brand on its commercial formularies effective March 2022.  Eysuvis now has coverage for approximately 118 million lives or 70% of all commercial lives. Kala also announced that Cigna Medicare had added Eysuvis as a preferred brand effective…

Health Minister Greg Hunt says the government remains committed to Medicare with almost nine out 10 GP visits provided with no out-of-pocket cost.

As few as 30% of patients being properly bulk-billed despite health minister claiming it is nearly 90%, report says

As a parting gesture to a pandemic-ravaged city, former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio hoped to provide the city with a gift that would keep on giving: new health insurance for 250,000 city retirees partly funded by the federal government. Although he promised better benefits and no change in…

The Medicare rebate for getting an intra-uterine device (IUD) inserted has been raised but doctors say it still does not come close to covering the cost of the procedure.