‘Medicare for All’ is driving a wedge through labor movement
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates’ plans to provide “Medicare for All” are driving a wedge through the...
Feds probing how personal Medicare info gets to marketers
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog is launching a nationwide probe into how marketers may be getting seniors’ personal Medicare information aided by a...
Some Democrats fear fallout from Sanders atop the ticket
DENVER — The resurgence of Sen. Bernie Sanders in the presidential nominating process is triggering alarm in the Democratic Party, with many warning t...
Bennet ends 2020 bid after poor showing in New Hampshire
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ended his long-shot presidential bid Tuesday, failing to break out of a crowded Democratic field dominated by other moder...
Tenet Healthcare to pay $1.4M to settle cardiac lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center will pay $1.41 million to resolve alleg...
Trump budget to face skepticism, overwhelming politics
WASHINGTON — Confronted with the threat of trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as the eye can see, President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 tril...
AP FACT CHECK: Dems skew health care, Iraq facts in debate
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contenders stretched beyond the facts on policy and sometimes on their own records Friday in their New Hampshire ...
Nevada union warns members of Sanders, Warren health plans
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's most influential union is sending a subtle message to its members discouraging support for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ov...
To win New Hampshire, Warren has to go through Sanders
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Elizabeth Warren's path to victory may have to go through fellow progressive Bernie Sanders. And after Sanders' strong showing in I...
Governors warn Trump rule could lead to big Medicaid cuts
WASHINGTON — Governors of both major political parties are warning that a little-noticed regulation proposed by President Donald Trump's administratio...
Trump suggests he may be open to entitlement cuts in future
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest in a television interview Wednesday that he’s willing to consider entitlement cuts in the futu...
Major doctors’ group calls for US to assure coverage for all
WASHINGTON — With health care an election-year priority, a major doctors’ organization on Monday called for sweeping government action to guarantee co...
Warren-Sanders rift has progressives nervous about fallout
DES MOINES, Iowa — For nearly a year, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders pushed strongly progressive ideas into the Democratic primary spotlight, fee...
DOJ sues CVS over ‘stale’ Omnicare prescription refills
The federal government is joining a legal fight against CVS Health that accuses its troubled Omnicare business of routinely filling prescriptions that...
Iowa Democrats worry ‘Medicare for All’ hurts key industry
DES MOINES, Iowa — Kim Motl doesn’t work in the health insurance industry. But her friends and neighbors do. So when she saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren rec...
Senators urge Medicare to allow seniors a drug plan do-over
WASHINGTON — Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they received inacc...
Pelosi sets Medicare showdown on drug costs and new benefits
WASHINGTON — The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, expanded Thurs...
Biden steps up hits on Buttigieg, Warren over health care
MASON CITY, Iowa — Joe Biden is taking aim at Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren during an eight-day tour of Iowa that the former vice president hope...
Medicare drug plan finder can steer seniors to higher costs
WASHINGTON — Medicare’s revamped prescription plan finder can steer unwitting seniors to coverage that costs much more than they need to pay, accordin...
Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan reignites health care clash
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to gradually move the country to a government-funded health care system has further inflamed the debate over ...
Warren pushes back on critics of her health care plan
WAVERLY, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren pushed back against critics of her newly-released plan to phase in implementation of a single-payer health care syste...
Warren says getting to ‘Medicare for All’ will take 3 years
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren announced Friday that she won’t immediately push to give every American fully government-funded health care and instead ...
Warren health plan departs from US ‘social insurance’ idea
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to pay for "Medicare for All" without raising taxes on the middle class departs from how the U.S. has tradit...
Biden accuses Warren of having elitist view of policy
Without naming her, Joe Biden attacked fellow Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday for employing a "condescending" approach t...
White House and Pelosi part ways on relief for drug prices
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday signaled President Donald Trump's blunt thumbs-down to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan allowing Medicare to ...
1 in 2 seriously ill Medicare enrollees struggles with bills
WASHINGTON — More than half of seriously ill Medicare enrollees face financial hardships with medical bills, with prescription drug costs the leading ...
How Warren and Sanders pay for Medicare for All
WASHINGTON — Here's a look at Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's proposals to pay for Medicare for All and how they compare to financing options id...
The Latest: Vilsack says Warren health care plan unrealistic
WASHINGTON — The Latest on Democrat Elizabeth Warren's "Medicare for All" plan (all times local):