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Spurred by growing concerns about the federal deficit, plans to curb Medicare spending are proliferating - setting the stage for potentially bruising battles between seniors' advocates and budget cutters.
Seeking care from hospitals and doctors who haven't agreed to negotiated rates with your insurer is costly but consumers can get help from a new database on pricing. The health law is also easing some out-of-network emergency expenses.
As emotions run high over the new health law, older voters' concerns about Medicare cuts could be a deciding factor in some particularly close congressional races.
The Republicans and their allies spent a lot of time - and a lot of money - attacking the new health law and promising to undo it. And they did so with such a fury that almost nobody seemed to notice they were making a pair of arguments that were fundamentally incompatible.
The debate that preceded passage of the health-care overhaul resumed as a heated issue in the midterm elections. Politicians and advocacy groups seeking repeal of the law are making dramatic claims about the its cost and effects. How valid are they? We evaluate some of the most common criticisms.
Tomorrow, Dr. Donald Berwick, the adminstrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Finance. Here is an advance copy of his prepared statement.
Though lots of different approaches to controlling health care costs have been discussed, it's hard to know which of them will really work.
Republicans may still take heat over Medicare proposals, survey also finds.
With their House majority, Republicans plan to use all available legislative tools to challenge and change the health reform law.
Despite deep political division about the health overhaul, implementation marches on.
Critics say Medicare Advantage plans are inefficient and costly. But those same critics oppose vouchers for Medicare -- even though that approach would set up a direct competition between the private plans and the traditional fee-for-service program.
Study finds that's mostly because the government pays far lower rates for hospital care
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey, Stuart Taylor and Julie Appleby are joined by SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein and Lyle Denniston to break down Thursday's landmark Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the health law.
The new health reform law could affect people who get their coverage at work, buy their own health insurance or are enrolled in Medicare.
As the Obama administration continues to implement the health care overhaul law, some myths
It is no doubt useful politically for the administration to set up the private health insurance industry as its foil in this struggle. Many Americans have low regard for insurance companies. But this is largely a diversionary tactic on the part of [HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius].
Since Medicare began, how to best pay for beneficiaries' medical services has been a persistent question.
Medicare voucher-type plans have not, to date, been part of a cost control solution. Given the track record, it is also not unreasonable to conclude the mandatory voucher program Rep. Paul Ryan advocates wouldn't save money either.
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