On April 3, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz as the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with a 53-45 party-line vote.
California-based healthcare company Seoul Medical Group Inc. and its subsidiary, Advanced Medical Management Inc., have agreed to pay over $62 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud. The Trump administration's Department of Justice secured the settlement following claims that the company submitted false diagnosis codes for spinal conditions to obtain higher payments from the Medicare Advantage program.
President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to safeguarding entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, stating his administration will "not touch" these benefits.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has faced heavy criticism for redirecting billions from Medicare prescription drug spending to fund green energy initiatives and other Democratic special interests. Less discussed, however, is a provision within the law that unfairly targets small molecule drugs—those in pill, capsule, and tablet form—by subjecting them to price controls four years earlier than biotech drugs. This so-called “pill penalty” threatens medical innovation and patient access to life-saving medications.
Protection of access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly in rural and underserved areas, has drawn a proposal from a North Carolina congressman to combat a 2024 rule finalized by the Biden administration.
Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has led to higher insurance premiums, increased out-of-pocket costs, and reduced healthcare coverage for seniors. If President Donald Trump does not intervene by February 1, a midnight Medicare rule implemented under Biden’s administration will trigger mandates that could devastate Medicare Part D.
Some female prisoners are pleading for former President Donald Trump to step in and protect them from biological men who claim a female identity to gain access to women’s prisons, where they allegedly abuse female inmates.
On January 16, 2025, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) reintroduced the bipartisan "No Tax on Tips Act," aiming to exempt gratuities from federal income taxation.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccines from GSK and Pfizer will carry warnings for an increased risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), the U.S. Food Drug Administration (FDA) said.
At a recent press conference at Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump made a bold promise to take on the powerful Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) responsible for inflating prescription drug prices in the U.S. Trump criticized PBMs, calling them a “horrible middleman” that profits by driving up drug costs without adding value. He vowed to eliminate the middleman and reduce drug prices to levels “that nobody has ever seen before.”
