Health Legal fights and loopholes could blunt Medicare's new power to control drug prices The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to limit prescription drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is already lobbying to dull their impact. Leslie Walker Dan Gorenstein
National Over-the-counter Covid tests will soon be free for Medicare recipients The Biden administration said that Medicare recipients will be able to get up to eight tests a month, free of charge. Alana Wise
Health Seniors are at high risk of Covid, but Medicare doesn't pay for rapid tests The laws governing Medicare don't provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests, including rapid antigen tests. Here's how older adults can get free tests anyway. Michelle Andrews
Politics Targeting 'Medicare For All' Proposals, Trump Lays Out His Vision For Medicare Speaking from a retirement community in Florida, the president gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals. Selena Simmons-Duffin
National U.S. Justice Department Charges 35 People In Fraudulent Genetic Testing Scheme Doctors, lab technicians and telemarketers from around the U.S. were among those arrested in the investigation of a scheme that the DOJ alleges defrauded seniors and Medicare. Patti Neighmond
Health How An 'International Price Index' Might Help Reduce Drug Prices Drugmakers hate the idea. But Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump both say pegging the prices of U.S. medicine to what people elsewhere pay could save U.S. patients a bundle. Here's how an "IPI" might work. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Politics 5 Questions Answered About The 3rd Democratic Debate Former Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren faced off onstage for the first time, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wound up taking much of the heat, sparing Warren. Domenico Montanaro
Health Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Medicare for All: 'I think we can win' Medicare for All is supported by the majority of Americans, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says. Bill Radke Alison Bruzek
Health Poll: Americans Support Government Action To Curb Prescription Drug Prices A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that many people struggle to pay for medicines and that a majority of Americans would welcome a range of government interventions to lower prices. Alison Kodjak
Politics Several Democrats Eyeing A Presidential Run Embrace 'Medicare-For-All' The idea, they say, would be to eliminate the health insurance industry and replace it with government-run health insurance. The industry is already gearing up to oppose any moves in that direction. Alison Kodjak
