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Republicans divided over tackling Medicare Advantage overpayments

Republicans divided over tackling Medicare Advantage overpayments

Hard-pressed to come up with significant savings to reduce the deficit, some Senate Republicans are taking a closer look at reforms to Medicare Advantage in light of reports that insurance companies are collecting billions of dollars in extra profits by over-diagnosing older patients.   But the idea of cracking down on Medicare Advantage overpayments to […]

Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms

Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms

President Biden’s budget proposal includes ambitious measures seeking to bring down health care costs, but the divided government poses a steep challenge to these proposals, and lawmakers have yet to indicate where they’re willing to come together. Biden’s budget proposes increasing discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by $14.8 billion […]

Health Care — GOP divided over possible entitlement cuts 

Health Care — GOP divided over possible entitlement cuts 

“What I do have are a very particular set of skills”…. Dog-nappings are unfortunately on the rise, but one Virginia family was lucky enough to receive the aid of a former Marine Corps intelligence operator in getting their pooch back.  Today in health news, childhood vaccination rates fell for the third straight year. But first, […]