Medicare

Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can result in higher costs for seniors.

A government watchdog agency says Medicare's prescription drug program kept paying for costly medications -- even after patients were dead.

Army Sergeant Lisa Marie Wiley lost her leg in Afghanistan and now with the help of The Girls’ Lounge, she’s trying to pave the way for female amputees.

The CFPB found that 15 million consumers have only medical collections on their reports. Half of these consumers with only medical collections otherwise have clean credit, meaning they have no serious delinquencies and show no other signs of financial distress.

Anthem says it still backs an approximately $47-billion bid to buy Cigna, a day after the rival health insurer delivered a caustic rejection of Anthem's proposed cash-and-stock offer.

Aetna is urging gay customers to "be proud" — and consider buying its coverage — as part of a new, narrow focus to selling health insurance in a business where the individual's buying decision matters more than it used to.

The Obama administration is unveiling what it calls a historic shift in the way Medicare pays hospitals and doctors.

Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they'd rather avoid: Researching and then settling on coverage plans for 2015.

30 cancer patients are currently using wearable technology to ease cancer treatments.

The Zika virus is becoming more commonplace in the U.S. and experts say the South will feel the impact the most.

NIH’S top doctor talks candidly about his fight for an AIDS-Free Generation and the ‘breathtaking’ advances we’ve made in treatments.

Decisions that impact the medicine you get.

A Medicare loophole squeezes patients who are hospitalized but not really admitted.

The cost of medicine has been on a steady climb, but that doesn’t mean you have to pay full price for your prescription drugs or compromise your health.

Shares of MannKind climbed after the company revealed positive late-stage trial results for its experimental drug for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

CVS Caremark's 2Q profit rose slightly more than expected, as profit growth at the pharmacy benefits management unit helped buoy modest improvements at the drugstores. 

Walgreen inked a fresh multi-year pharmacy deal with CVS Caremark on Monday to remain within its network of pharmacy retailers. 

Health-care costs must be an integral part of a retirement financial plan because if they aren’t part of the equation, they can easily drain your nest egg.  But here’s the problem: They are impossible to predict accurately. 

When it comes to long-term care, not only are people not planning for the added expense, they greatly misunderstand what is covered by their insurance.

President Barack Obama has renewed his promise that if you like your health insurance plan, you can keep it - at least for another year. But is he too late to fix the problem?