The new Department of Government Efficiency can't go after Medicare or Social Security. That leaves Medicaid in a vulnerable ...

Ordinary people confuse Medicare and Medicaid all the time. However, when the person pegged to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gets the two programs mixed up ...

Two senior agency veterans focused on policy and operations are working with DOGE to review the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, which provide health insurance for about 1 in 4 Americans, ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is moving forward with ... seeking to bring "greater transparency" to the negotiating table. In a statement, CMS said lowering drug prices for ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. incorrectly said that Medicaid was fully funded by the federal government and that Medicare is a ...

Kennedy Jr. displayed a surprising lack of familiarity with Medicare and Medicaid, the government programs responsible for covering more than 150 million Americans. At times, Mr. Kennedy seemed to ...

As the nation is again under the reigns of a Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress, debates on reducing spending ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, appeared to be unfamiliar with basic elements of the Medicare and Medicaid programs during ...