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Politicians are again pointing fingers over cutting Medicare. Any party accused of threatening the program tends to lose elections, but without a bipartisan agreement, seniors stand to lose the most.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra made a trip to Charlotte on Friday to meet with local officials and highlight the Biden administration's efforts to reduce health care costs for people on Medicare.

Medicare's decision to limit coverage for a controversial new Alzheimer's drug has prompted an outcry among Alzheimer's advocates. The drug is Aduhelm, and despite widespread enthusiasm for it among Alzheimer's patients and advocates, it hasn't been proven to slow the disease. The drug was given accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration because it reduces the plaque that develops in the brains of most Alzheimer’s patients.

Aduhelm, an expensive Alzheimer's drug, is fomenting controversy — and generating excitement for patients. The FDA approved it last summer. But Adulem’s results are the subject of intense debate — and so is the cost of the drug.

This is the time of year when all Medicare enrollees can check that their coverage still works for them, and make changes if it doesn’t. Medicare open enrollment occurs now through Dec. 7, and the process can be complicated. Here are a few questions and answers to help you dig in.

Hospitals, a powerful political force in health care, fear lowering the eligibility age for Medicare will cost them billions of dollars because federal reimbursements are less than private insurance.

A lawsuit filed by Kaiser Health News under the Freedom of Information Act could spur the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release audits that document up to $650 million in overcharges.

A hospital about two hours west of Charlotte is at the center of a $115 million settlement announced by the U.S. Attorney’s office yesterday. The case…

The federal government is trying to make it easier for consumers to figure out who's good and who's not in a lesser-known part of the health care…

North Carolina has some of the worst rated nursing homes in the country. A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation released Thursday shows the federal…