Too many hospice care responsibilities are placed on families.

The legislation will impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, giant companies like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts that oversee prescription drug benefits.

Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and Bill Essayli, a Los Angeles-based prosecutor, said they were investigating federally funded services.

As the new year begins, savings have hit unprecedented levels, but rising health care costs and growing poverty make retirement unaffordable for many.

In some studies, half of patients stopped taking GLP-1s within a year despite the benefits, citing the expense and side effects.

Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.

Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing. Advocates say lawsuits will follow.

The real issue is how to address overall cost. Haggling over Obamacare subsidies or what might replace them isn’t the solution.

Complaints about the calls have risen, and some older Americans have discovered that their Medicare accounts were already compromised.