medicare
Drug prices soar nearly 40% over past decade, surpassing inflation: study
As Americans shoulder the burden of prescription costs, they face higher copays, coinsurance and deductibles, according to GoodRx.
Feds charge nearly 200 doctors, nurses and others in $2.75B health care scam
The two-week operation ensnared defendants accused of illegally distributing millions of pills of the stimulant Adderall.
Prepping for Trump vs. Biden debate: Letters to the Editor — June 27, 2024
Readers discuss the lead-up to the first debate between President Biden and Donald Trump on CNN.
UFT boss Michael Mulgrew threatens to blow $600 million hole in NYC finances
If United Federation of Teachers boss Michael Mulgrew and the Municipal Labor Committee back out of their Medicare Advantage deal with the city, costing it $600 million a year, their...
Reversing course, NYC teachers union president opposes changes to Medicare
United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew has withdrawn support for controversial changes to health care for thousands of retirees after his slate of allies got trounced in union elections...
Biden's California fundraiser: Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2024
NY Post readers discuss ex-Prez Barack Obama leading President Biden offstage at major fundraising event.
Retired NYC teachers toss out union prez's crew in furor over Medicare coverage
Retired city educators furious over proposed changes to their health care have toppled a union slate allied with powerful United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.
Social Security payments could see steep cuts starting in 2033
Trustees for Social Security and Medicare released a report examining the health of the key trust funds, which found that they are on pace to be depleted in roughly a...
James Biden associate pleads guilty to $51M Medicare fraud
WASHINGTON — A former business associate of James Biden has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $51 million through a lab-testing company linked to the first...
US man stunned by low price of medical bill overseas, sparking health care debate: 'What is wrong with our world?'
A US man who moved to Australia suffered a serious injury. He was shocked at what it cost him to get an MRI in Australia.
Biden’s senseless pier plan, the entitlement time bomb and other commentary
Lloyd Austin admits Hamas or others could attack US troops running the pier being built for Gaza, but says that’s not a breach of Biden’s vow not to put US...
Not-so-Scientific American, Trump’s insane trial and other commentary
The craziest thing “about former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York is that we do not know precisely what crime Trump is charged with committing,” muses the Washington Examiner’s...
Trump clarifies he will 'never do anything' to 'jeopardize' Social Security and Medicare
Former President Donald Trump clarified that he is not seeking to "jeopardize" Social Security or Medicare after causing a stir earlier this week.
Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for 50 drugs a year, up from 20
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 prescription drugs each year -- up from the president's current target. "Medicare should not be limited...
DEI machine grows stronger, critics target homeschooling parents and other commentary
“After Claudine Gay’s dismissal as Harvard president, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) complex is already regrouping,” argues Eric Kaufmann at UnHerd.
Sorry, but the 'drugs from Canada' don't work
First, how much would all the added risk to the safety and effectiveness of medicines from importation save US consumers? Hardly anything.
Sky News asks dumbest question ever, Joe Biden reveals stunning economic ignorance and more
Sky News interviewer Kay Burley asked if Israel thinks Palestinian lives are valued as highly as Israeli lives.
Doctors lobbying for Medicare for All should be careful what they wish for
A group of New England doctors pressed the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates this month to drop the organization’s opposition to single-payer health care.
Republicans must shame Dems into slashing bloated gov spending — before it's too late
The latest short-term government funding bill ensures that taxpayers will continue to pay for a bloated government until January — but Republicans have a chance to address future overspending.
Dems’ deadly Gaza word games, Wray, Mayorkas have no remorse and other commentary
“Democratic support for Israel’s war of self-defense will soon be circling the drain. The president needs to speak clearly and unequivocally or the West is going to suffer a disastrous...