Health Oct 15 Medicare open enrollment starts now. These changes will arrive in 2027 Open enrollment comes as inflation adds pressure on seniors whose healthcare costs have risen and as midterm elections are weeks away. Voters have consistently said cost-of-living is a major concern.
Politics Oct 07 Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren't eligible. Critics see a political stunt President Donald Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion.
Politics Sep 30 WATCH: Senate health committee advances Dr. Nicole Saphier's nomination for surgeon general Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News Channel contributor, was advanced out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on a 12 to 11 vote to serve as surgeon general after she was grilled at her confirmation…
Politics Sep 19 Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model The Trump administration claims that Medicaid will save billions on prescription drug costs as a result of the plan, dubbed the Medicaid “GENEROUS” model. Experts say the savings are unclear since the content of the deals isn't public.
Politics Sep 17 WATCH: RFK Jr. speaks at conference for anti-vaccine group he founded Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump's White House.
Politics Sep 16 WATCH: Dr. Nicole Saphier testifies in confirmation hearing for U.S. surgeon general Saphier, President Donald Trump’s third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines, voicing support for immunization as she seeks to serve in an administration that has moved to make sweeping changes…
Economy Sep 01 China dissents as Bessent says 19 finance ministers agree to address 'cheap exports' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that 19 of the members of the G20 agreed to address streams of “cheap exports” that cause global economic imbalances, but China dissented.
World Aug 31 Hosting G20 meeting, Bessent tries to rally allies on Iran as tariffs strain ties Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world’s largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disrupted the international order with aggressive tariffs on major allies and an unpopular war on Iran.
World Aug 30 U.S. plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, Bessent tells AP “This is going to be financial violence if we have to,” Bessent said in the interview. “We are showing people that we know who you are, you know who you are, and this has got to stop.”…
World Aug 28 U.S. targets Egyptian bank's UAE branches under new push for Iran's economic isolation Under a new rule proposed Friday by the Treasury Department, the Emirati branches of Banque Misr, Egypt’s second-largest bank, would be severed from access to the U.S. financial system.