More than 65 million Americans rely on the program for their health insurance, with a significant proportion of those being seniors facing retirement.

New letters urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand Medicare and Medicaid to include FDA-approved anti-obesity medications.

The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will consider opportunities to "bring greater transparency" for the Medicare drug price negotiation program under President Donald Trump's administration. The price negotiation process was established under former President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.

Fidelity puts the average cost of healthcare in retirement at $165,000 for someone aged 65 retiring in 2024, and that's just an average. If you end up with a lot of health issues as a retiree, your out-of-pocket costs could be higher.

Medicare is big business, recently providing healthcare coverage to 68 million people. Before the 2024 election, fully 94% of surveyed seniors said it was very or extremely important to protect Medicare,

In a confirmation hearing for his nomination to head the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confused two of the massive healthcare programs he would be overseeing as secretary — Medicare and Medicaid — and insisted he was not anti-vaccine.

Many older Americans specifically postpone retirement until age 65 so they can get health coverage through Medicare. And while Medicare is far from free, a lot of seniors would conceivably face higher costs in its absence.

Democrats worry the Trump administration plans deep cuts to Medicaid. If confirmed, here's what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to do.

In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about Medicare and Medicaid, programs that<a class="excerpt-read-m

Cigna forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations on Thursday and missed estimates for the fourth quarter, hurt by higher medical costs for a type of employer-sponsored healthcare plan.