Medicare

Before taking office, President Donald Trump railed against the pharmaceutical industry and accused it of "getting away with murder."

The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to reduce drug prices (all times local): 2:20 p.m. President Donald Trump is launching what he says will be the "most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people."

CMS administrator Seema Verma said the regulation is part of the effort to make sure patients are put first in health care.

The Trump administration is encouraging competition by promoting expanded consumer options.

The insurer caters to seniors as one of the largest providers of Medicare Advantage plans.

Tucked in the massive congressional budget bill is a provision that props up the price Medicare pays for a handful of medications, costing taxpayers millions at a time when the Trump administration is vowing to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

Tucked in the massive congressional budget bill is a provision that props up the price Medicare pays for a handful of medications, costing taxpayers millions at a time when the Trump administration is vowing to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

A smartphone app that lets Medicare patients access their claims information.

The Trump administration says it's launching a new effort to make electronic medical records easier for patients to use.

A major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all.

Some Medicare beneficiaries would face higher prescription drug costs under President Donald Trump's budget even as the sickest patients save thousands of dollars, a complex trade-off that may make it harder to sell Congress on the plan in an election year.

Highlights from President Donald Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019, released Monday.

Highlights from President Donald Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019.

President Donald Trump has sent Congress a proposal to spend $4.4 trillion in the 2019 budget year, which begins in October.

President Donald Trump makes big promises to reduce prescription drug costs, but his administration is gravitating to relatively modest steps such as letting Medicare patients share in manufacturer rebates.

President Donald Trump makes big promises to reduce prescription drug costs, but his administration is gravitating to relatively modest steps such as letting Medicare patients share in manufacturer rebates.

President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen, an administration official said.

Drug companies would bear a bigger share of Medicare's costs under the congressional budget deal, a shift that could help limit future increases in beneficiaries' premiums for prescription coverage.

Trump to propose reducing some prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

The Latest on proposals by President Donald Trump and in the Senate budget bill to lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries (all times local): 9 p.m. President Donald Trump is proposing to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and other middlemen.