Medicaid

New guidance from the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has tightened how states determine whether Medicaid beneficiaries qualify for a “medically frail” exemption from upcoming federal work requirements, prompting concerns from patient advocacy groups. The guidance is...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday issued an interim final rule detailing how states must implement new Medicaid work requirements that will take effect beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Under the rule, certain Medicaid recipients will be required to complete at least 80 hours...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY), leaving in place a $194 million whistleblower judgment tied to allegations that the drugmaker underpaid Medicaid rebates by misreporting drug pricing data. • Eli Lilly stock is trending lower. Why is LLY...

U.S. health care insurance provider Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC) stock surged on Tuesday on better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and 2026 outlook. The company reported a first-quarter 2026 adjusted loss of $3.37, beating the consensus of $2.13 per share, approximately 50 cents better than...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz on Tuesday unveiled a nationwide crackdown on Medicaid fraud, ordering all 50 states to submit provider revalidation plans within 30 days or face intensified federal audits. Speaking at Politico’s Health Care Summit,...

A Pennsylvania appellate court on Monday struck down a decades-old law barring state Medicaid funds from covering abortions, ruling that the state constitution guarantees a fundamental right to reproductive autonomy. The decision by a divided seven-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court permanently...

The Donald Trump administration conceded it used the wrong numbers to help launch a Medicaid fraud investigation in New York, an admission that raised fresh questions about how federal anti-waste drives are being built and sold to the public. The reversal lands as the same administration is also...

Nearly 450 hospitals across the United States face a high risk of closing or cutting services due to more than $900 billion in cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) under President Donald Trump‘s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to a report released...

State governments are spending millions on contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum to comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which tightens eligibility for Medicaid and SNAP. These companies operate systems that determine whether low-income Americans qualify for benefits. Costs are...

Michael Burry, the man who famously bet against the housing market, is no stranger to lonely trades. In late 2025, as health insurers faced a brutal landscape of rising medical costs and regulatory pressure, Burry made his move. In the third quarter of 2025, he liquidated his high-profile stake in...

Health insurance company UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) has had a rally in shares in the third quarter, helped by news of Warren Buffett taking a stake. An earnings report Tuesday before market open could continue the rally or see shares give back some gains. Here are the earnings estimates, what...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a social media post on Sunday that Republicans' "massive health care cuts" would send premiums soaring for millions, forcing some families to choose between medical bills and utility payments. Warren Again Warns Of Soaring Premiums Amid Shutdown Fight On X,...

Pfizer Inc's (NYSE:PFE) deal with Washington isn't just a handshake in the Oval Office — it's a seismic jolt to America's drug-pricing game. By agreeing to sell medicines on the government's new TrumpRx platform at steep discounts and extend "most favored nation" (MFN) pricing to Medicaid, Pfizer...

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), the manufacturer of Imbruvica, is at the center of a constitutional challenge to the federal government's new Drug Price Negotiation Program. Imbruvica was among the first 10 drugs selected for price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The law gave the...

President Donald Trump is receiving lower approval ratings in July as compared to mid-June and is nearing record lows for his net approval rating since taking office in January. What Happened: Trump's signing of the "Big Beautiful Bill," which has received minimal support from voters, is likely the...