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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris participated in a debate on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

Campaigns

Takeaways from fiery Trump-Harris debate with contrasting visions on full display

Nominees clash over tariffs, immigration, health law — and much more

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 10, 2024 at 11:22pm

Criticism over two Medicare Advantage rules spurred HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to send out a rare statement criticizing the insurance industry for peddling "disinformation" about the rules' impact.

Policy

Insurers, Republicans square off with Biden on Medicare ‘cuts’

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted February 22, 2023 at 12:33pm
President Biden delivers his second State of the Union address in the House chamber Tuesday evening.

Opinion

Top House Dems found their 2024 candidate at SOTU: ‘Scranton Joe’

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 10, 2023 at 8:00am
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.

Policy

Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech

By Lauren Clason, Sandhya Raman, Jessie Hellmann and Ariel Cohen
Posted February 9, 2023 at 7:01am
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is one of the more prominent House Republicans.

Republicans still trying to starve the beast

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted January 30, 2023 at 3:10pm
Vanessa Leavitt puts out Tang and Kool-Aid for patients to take with their methadone treatment at CAP Quality Care clinic in Westbrook, Maine, on Jan. 22, 2015.

Providers say Medicare Advantage hinders new methadone benefit

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 4, 2023 at 6:30am
A person who lost a relative to a drug overdose sits among imitation graves set up near the Capitol on Sept. 24. Analysts say Medicare has failed to cover some of the most effective treatments for substance use disorder.

Older adults face Medicare hurdles for substance use treatment

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted November 30, 2022 at 10:06am
President Joe Biden attends a Democratic campaign rally with Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, left, and Senate candidate Val B. Demings at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens on Tuesday.

Biden on full push ahead of the midterms, but not to all the top battlegrounds

By Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 2, 2022 at 11:13am
The cuts are part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' attempt to implement a new payment system for home health care.

Home health groups fight back against proposed cuts

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted October 4, 2022 at 4:12pm
The Biden administration on Tuesday released the first 10 drugs eligible for Medicare price negotiation.

Senate’s Medicare drug pricing may ripple into private market

By Lauren Clason and Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 10, 2022 at 3:05pm