Some 6.4 million low-income Medicare beneficiaries -- including most nursing home residents -- will lose their Medic...

Encouraged by their constituents&#39 less-than-enthusiastic response to the new Medicare legislation, Congressional ...

A federal judge&#39s ruling means that Medicare recipients who have suffered strokes or who have chronic illnesses l...

A little-noticed provision of the Medicare bill signed into law today by President Bush forbids beneficiaries from b...

The Bush administration has issued a revised proposal for a Medicare-endorsed discount card to help seniors save money on prescription drugs. But a federal court may rule the program unconstitutional. More . . .

With doctors dropping out of the Medicare program in droves, the Bush administration has changed its position and now opposes any further reductions in fees physicians receive from the government. More . . .

President Bush will propose sweeping, long-term changes in the Medicare program later this month that could eventually make Medicare look more like private insurance, according to an article in the New York Times. More . . .

The federal government has released data on the quality of care delivered at the 17,000 nursing homes around the nation that care for Medicare or Medicaid patients. But a report terms the data "inacurate" and calls its release "premature."...

A pioneering practice manual guides care management professionals in helping the infirm elderly and others with chronic illnesses live independently and with dignity.