Managed Care/Medicare

Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say.

It is one of the most audacious promises in a campaign that has been thick with them.

No matter who sits in the Oval Office next year, there won&8217;t be many degrees of freedom in the federal budget. The main problem: Medicare.

Medi-Cal slashed reimbursement for prescription drugs in California by 10%, effective July 1.

Democrats moved swiftly on Friday to assail Republican senators for voting against a major Medicare bill and said the Republicans should be held responsible for a 10 percent cut...

Two letters signeed by 132 members of Congress urge a delay in the Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment.

The Bush administration proposed on Thursday to crack down on the aggressive marketing of private Medicare insurance plans by outlawing unsolicited visits and telephone calls

Mr. McCain, has emphasized a free-market approach that he said would lower health care costs and make insurance affordable....

Less than a third of employers offer retiree health benefits, down from almost half in 1993, according to a survey

Employers and patients in corporate health plans are not the only ones affected by the soaring prices of specialty drugs. Enrollees in Medicare drug plans are also feeling the pressure.