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FILE – Social Security Administration commissioner Martin O’Malley testifies on Capitol Hill, March 20, 2024, in Washington. The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Monday, May 6, 2024. O’Malley called the report “a measure of good news,” but said, “Congress still needs to act in order to avoid what is now forecast to be, in absence of their action, a 17% cut to people’s Social Security benefits.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a ‘measure of good news’

May 6, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.

The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and...

Scott Berkheiser, 57, who has Alzheimer’s disease, sits for a portrait at his home Friday, April 5, 2024, in Venice, Fla. Insurance denials delayed Berkheiser’s first Leqembi infusion a few months until last December. He said the drugmaker eventually agreed to give it to him for free while he makes co-payments for the infusions. “It was a little crazy,” he said. “It seemed like it was kind of a game that must make sense for some monetary reason.” (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

It’s the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s. Why is is it off to a slow start?

April 13, 2024 at 10:52 a.m.

Doctors say it will take years to learn more about how the drug works outside the controlled studies that led to its approval.

Starting in 2020, CVS and insurer Anthem will partner on a prescription drug service called IngenioRx.

Anthem, CVS team up for prescription drug service after troubled Express Scripts deal

June 1, 2018 at 9:10 p.m.

Anthem has found a new partner to help run prescription drug coverage after the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer's rocky relationship with Express Scripts ends. The nation's second-largest insurer says it...

$100,000 a year for a nursing home room? Report says long-term care costs surge

August 19, 2019 at 3:45 a.m.

Long-term care costs are surging and the most expensive option — a private nursing home room — may soon top $100,000 per year. According to a new survey by Genworth...

Only half of America's smallest businesses now offer health coverage to their workers because many say steady cost hikes have made it too expensive to afford a benefit that nearly all large employers still provide.

Health benefit offers from small businesses keep vanishing

June 2, 2018 at 9:58 a.m.

Only half of America's smallest businesses now offer health coverage to their workers because many say steady cost hikes have made it too expensive to afford a benefit that nearly...

Ohio county is last in nation to get insurer for health exchange

June 2, 2018 at 8:27 p.m.

The lone county currently at risk of going uncovered on the federal health law's insurance exchanges has landed an insurer. CareSource will step up to provide health insurance coverage in...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, with Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., after a health-care vote Tuesday. MUST

Insurers press feds to pump billions into shaky ACA markets

June 3, 2018 at 4:28 a.m.

The government must shell out billions of dollars if policymakers want to stabilize health insurance markets created by the Affordable Care Act. That's the message insurers are delivering to a...

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act, targeting enrollment periods and IRS enforcement of the its tax mandate.

Trump administration ushers in changes to Obama health law

August 21, 2019 at 10:12 p.m.

The Trump administration took steps Wednesday intended to help calm jittery insurance companies and make tax compliance with former President Barack Obama's health law less burdensome for some people. But...

Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle leaves a police vehicle outside of his home as a Federal authority holds the door, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in Zionsville, Ind. FBI agents and Indiana State Police have removed electronics from the property.

Federal, Indiana authorities raid home of Subway spokesman

May 13, 2019 at 12:35 a.m.

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — FBI agents and Indiana State Police raided the home of Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle on Tuesday, removing electronics from the property and searching the house with...

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