Government Health Care

After being hammered for not providing many specifics during last week’s State of the State address, Gov. Pat Quinn offered up a small handful today, saying he wants to go after the “sacred cows” that drive up state spending. Speaking...

Texas Tribune  The state Legislature heads back to work in less than a year, and the state’s improving economy won't likely save legislators from the protracted budget battle that awaits them. The state ended 2011 with about $1.6 billion more in...

Cada año Medicare es estafado con millones de dólares y esto a largo plazo afecta a los beneficiarios. Por eso el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos está pidiendo ayuda a los propios beneficiarios. A continuación, algunos consejos de cómo ayudar...

Facing its deadline in a few short weeks, select lawmakers on a new bipartisan, House-Senate committee tasked with negotiating a year-long payroll tax cut for American workers, met publicly for the first time Tuesday, and its Pennsylvania members laid out...

The following are the remarks of President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of...

Federal authorities have approved a nursing home bed tax that will allow Illinois to collect more than $100 million a year in new Medicaid money that officials say will be used to boost facility staffing levels and implement other safety reforms...

Congressional Democrats have put three Southeastern Pennsylvania Congressional races on their list of 2012 targets. The party needs a net gain of 25 seats to win back control of the House. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced...

It’s been one year since Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn signed off on a 67 percent income tax rate increase and Republican legislative leaders didn’t let the milestone pass in silence, gathering Thursday to warn that the temporary hike will...

Hundreds of Medicare-eligible state retirees or their dependents called state officials in the past week to say that they did not receive new 2012 prescription cards that would enable them to obtain medications they need – and the Office of the...

Un ex dentista en Massachusetts se declaró culpable de fraude contra el seguro médico federal Medicaid por usar broches sujetapapeles en lugar de varillas de acero en tratamientos de endodoncia. Tras admitir sus culpas, Michael Clair será sentenciado...

Two months ago, a small number of doctors in Florida received an unsigned letter from CVS/pharmacy informing them that the company's pharmacists would no longer fill prescriptions they write for painkillers and other powerful, addictive drugs. The...

As most of you are aware, the 2012 Session of the Kentucky General Assembly began at noon, Jan. 3. Being an even numbered year, this is considered a long session because legislators will be developing the two-year budget for the state. Much has been made...