Options for Medicare and Medicaid Dual Coverage People who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits are referred to as dual eligible. A person may have partial or full dual eligibility.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Nov. 25 that Medicare recipients will pay less for 15 prescription ...

When Pam O'Neill underwent a total knee replacement, her Medicare Advantage plan picked up nearly all the costs. But one aspect of her coverage surprised her. "I get $250 per quarter to spend on ...

Burdensome Medicaid renewal processes are a known source of coverage loss among eligible people. In spring 2023, the pause in Medicaid disenrollment resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency ...

(Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) As the new head of the Medicare program, I encourage everyone with Medicare to take full advantage of this year’s Open ...

Many rural Kansas hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial struggles and upcoming Medicaid reimbursement cuts. Hospitals are critical to rural communities, providing essential health care, ...

The Medicare open enrollment window runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, 2025. This is most people's only opportunity to make changes to their healthcare coverage for 2026. Those already on Medicare Advantage ...

When Ascension Wisconsin left UnitedHealthcare’s network of hospitals and clinics on Oct. 1, older residents in southeastern Wisconsin were among the hardest hit. Tens of thousands of them hold ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Big changes could be coming to North Carolina's rural healthcare landscape. On Oct. 1, more than $300 million in cuts to North Carolina Medicaid providers could begin because ...

Lawmakers on both the federal and state levels have spent much of 2025 workshopping and debating changes and cuts to Medicaid, the nation’s public health care program for people with low incomes or ...

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. WASHINGTON — A handful of drug ...