Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for HHS secretary, seemed unfamiliar with the massive insurance program during Thursday’s ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Health and Human Services Department, faces his second confirmation hearing Thursday. Follow here for live updates.

With thousands of migrants having been deported and a freeze on federal grant funding put in place Tuesday, new White House ...

Hospitals bill Medicare for your care based on your diagnostic-related group (DRG) tier, rather than individual services.

simply because the definition of minimum essential coverage includes all plans offered by employers. However, these "skinny" plans are not comprehensive enough to be considered major medical coverage.

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the newest selection of drugs represent a third of all Medicare Part D spending. Some of the manufacturers that will have to negotiate this year were also included in last year’s talks.

Medicare prescription drug plans administered by private insurers, known as Part D, currently cannot cover drugs that are approved solely for obesity. Expanding coverage of anti-obesity drugs ...

The company also offers a no-quibble guarantee if the part doesn’t fit. Delivery is free if you don’t mind waiting, and at £94.04 our average basket cost was less than half that of the most ...

Medicare Part B is the portion of Medicare that covers medical services such as doctor’s visits and physical therapy, as well as preventive services such as flu shots. When a person reaches 65 ...

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...

She is a practicing Metabolic Bariatric Surgeon and as such part of her income is derived ... Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on the Definition and Diagnosis of Clinical Obesity was to develop ...