INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — As flu season begins, the Marion County Public Health Department is offering low-cost flu vaccine at special walk-in clinics in October. These clinics...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — The estimated 15 million Medicare enrollees with diabetes or chronic kidney disease are eligible for the benefit, but the federal health insurance program...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate have announced a proposal of nearly three-dozen specific provisions that will reduce the cost of what...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a Committee Staff Report on the prices of...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro said April 6 that he is running for president because “we need new leadership with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many people believe that emergency room doctors will not work as hard to save the life of an organ and tissue donor, which...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 13 Democratic colleagues to introduce the Medicare for All...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — As a result of this catastrophic and life-altering shutdown, so many people who have relied on the government for their livelihood have...
By Greg Dill Did you know that one in three American adults is at risk for kidney disease? Major risk factors for kidney disease include diabetes,...
By Greg Dill If you have Medicare, you can protect your identity and help prevent health care fraud by guarding your Medicare card like you would...
By Dr. Yanira Cruz Hispanics are 50 percent more likely than whites to die from diabetes and liver disease. This gap could widen if lawmakers proceed...
A series of health and wellness educational events will be held in Oakland to help African-American seniors and other beneficiaries learn more about Medicare and their...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee toured Highland Hospital’s adult Level 1 Trauma Center and the Intensive Care Unit, which the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has recognized with...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is readying a fraud prevention initiative that removes Social Security numbers from Medicare cards to help combat identity...
By Assemblymember Tony Thurmond Since the Medicare and Medicaid program’s simultaneous signage into law by President Johnson 50 years ago, over 48 million Americans...
(Time) – As the number of elderly Americans soars, Medicare is testing improved benefits for seriously ill seniors. Medicare recently announced new rules that may ease...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact...
Pam Belluck, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Medicare, the federal program that insures 55 million older and disabled Americans, announced plans on...
Pam Belluck, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Medicare, the federal program that insures 55 million older and disabled Americans, announced plans on...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can...
By David Sayen People ask me all kinds of questions about Medicare. One of the most frequent concerns is whether they should sign up for...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: ‘Millions of our citizens do not...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee met this week with seniors at the West Oakland Senior Center in Oakland to hear their concerns and share with them the work...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Millions of older people are getting tests they don’t need to prove they are healthy enough to have cataracts removed,...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Millions of older people are getting tests they don’t need to prove they are healthy enough to have cataracts removed,...