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(By Helen Branswell for STAT) As the country battles an especially fierce flu season, experts have struggled to explain why

CMS proposed increase of 1.84 percent to Medicare Advantage plans in 2019

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the proposed increase of 1.84 percent on average in its 2019 payment

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — Dozens of doctors, medical ethicists, and lawyers are warning Congress that legislation to

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) As the Trump administration moves to give states more flexibility in running Medicaid,

(Source – blog.medicare.gov) Although popular love songs might tell you otherwise, a broken heart can’t kill you—but heart disease can. Heart disease

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Scientists have found specialized brain cells in mice that appear to control anxiety levels. The

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Cardiologists are not telling women with breast cancer to decline treatment — far from it. But in

(By Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) It was expected to be a perfunctory statehouse meeting —

The proposed federal policy rule that would make major changes to Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Part D drug program

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) A Kentucky resident received a $12,596 bill from Frankfort (K.Y.) Regional Medical Center