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Steward, which runs eight hospitals in Florida, plans to sell off all its hospitals after filing for Chapter 11 protection. In a letter to acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, Sen. Edward, Markey said the bankruptcy poses concerns for nearly 30,000 workers

With tens of thousands of Americans already affected by enrollment scams that leave some without doctors or treatments, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants increased enforcement against rogue agents.

With an end-of-year deadline and a presidential election approaching, payment rules that fueled rapid expansion of telehealth in the United States face a last-minute congressional decision.

A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Ahead of the Jan. 19 federal spending deadline, a program that provides food benefits to women, infants and children in Florida and other states is facing a budget shortfall of about $1 billion.

Lawmakers are asking what Social Security will do about its demands on their constituents to repay money distributed — and sometimes in error. Florida Sen. Rick Scott called the actions “unacceptable.”

Joe Biden's pick for the post next goes to a floor vote, but not before committee Chair Bernie Sanders tried to tie it to reducing the cost of prescription drugs.

Some Social Security beneficiaries say the government is clawing back benefits after they received stimulus payments that were supposed to be exempt from asset limits.

Congress is beginning to take action on the Social Security Administration’s clawbacks of payments it mistakenly made to poor, retired and disabled Americans.

In the wake of an investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group, the SSA acting commissioner said a special team will review “overpayment policies and procedures” and report directly back to her.