The House has introduced a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running through Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2025, with a vote expected as early as March 11.

As the federal government considers ways to reduce the deficit by cutting spending in both Medicare and Medicaid, it is critical that the government gets the best value from MA plans. This is ...

President Donald Trump's Republicans are trying to pass a tax cut extension that would reduce federal revenue by about $4.5 trillion over the next decade, while cutting about $2 trillion in spending ...

Medicare Spending on Diabetes Drugs Surged Over 5 Years, US Report Shows (Reuters) - Medicare spending on some diabetes drugs, including popular treatments such as Ozempic, surged nearly five-fold ...

Medicare Part D spending on diabetes drugs increased 364% from 2019 to 2023, driven by GLP-1 and SGLT-2 inhibitors. Metformin spending decreased by 5%, contrasting with the surge in other diabetes ...

WASHINGTON — Medicare spending on some diabetes drugs, including popular treatments such as Ozempic, surged nearly fivefold to $35.8 billion between 2019 and 2023, a U.S. government watchdog's ...