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Marilyn Tavenner, the acting head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and President Obama's nominee to keep the job, found both Democratic and Republican support during a Senate Finance Committee hearing today. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the hearing and when the Senate could vote on the confirmation.
Some advocates are concerned that the Medicare Advantage plans have incentives to skim off the lowest-maintenance customers and leave the expensive patients to the traditional program.
The report suggests that cutting payments in areas that pay more per beneficiary, such as Manhattan and Florida, could hit hospitals and doctors who are not providing expensive care.
Federal funding for Medicaid is untouched but doctors, hospitals and other Medicare providers will see a 2 percent reduction.
A basic guide and resources if you want to get Medicare to reverse a coverage decision.
Health policy reporters weigh in on what's changed since the Affordable Care Act became law three years ago for consumers, businesses, state governments, and what's next for expanding Medicaid and launching exchanges.
Insurers bet some consumers will choose cheaper plans that restrict their choice of doctors, despite worries about skimpy care and huge bills for out-of-network providers.
Richard Foster talks about the travails of trying to provide objective information to Congress and the White House.
Government is sending letters to a half million beneficiaries to alert them to their plans' poor performance.
Seniors in both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans would be affected by the change, according to research that looks at how a voucher system would have worked in 2010.
Predictions of the demise of Medicare's private insurance plans are premature, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
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