Washington is starting Fiscal 2015 with “no budget, no decisions on how to spend taxpayer money wisely and no credible plan to avoid adding trillions of dollars to the federal debt in the coming decade.”That troubling critique came in a…
Actuaries from the Center on Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) report that in 2013 health care spending grew slowly for the fifth consecutive year, yet it will likely pick up over the next decade with stronger economic growth and new…
In a change that some experts say could save money and improve patient care, Medicare in January will begin making special payments to doctors and others to coordinate care for beneficiaries with two or more chronic illnesses. Federal officials suggest…
Congress should find a responsible way to address treatment delays at VA facilities, but it seems increasingly clear that this will be an expensive undertaking.Sloan Gibson, acting secretary of Veterans Affairs, says his department needs $17.6 billion through Fiscal 2017…
