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In this edition of Health on the Hill, KHN's Mary Agnes Carey interviews CQ Roll Call's Emily Ethridge about today's House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on the health law's cuts to the private Medicare Advantage program.
Both candidates portray themselves as protectors of the popular entitlement program and argue their rivals' plans would undermine it.
A recent town hall shows how explosive the Medicare debate can get in the hottest races in the country.
Here's a summary of President Barack Obama's record on a range of health care issues, including Medicare.
In their acceptance speeches Thursday night, President Obama and Vice President Biden both denounced Rep. Paul Ryan's plan for Medicare as a "voucher."
As part of his 50-minute defense of the Obama administration's record, the former president praised Obama's health policies, asking, "Are we better off because President Obama fought for health care reform? You bet we are."
In October, hospitals stand to gain or lose as much as 1 percent of reimbursements. But experts say most will break even.
Health care was not featured in the Republican presidential nominee's acceptance speech, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney repeated his pledge to repeal or replace the incumbent's signature legislative achievement.
Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee, was not the only speaker who denounced the health law at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night. State Attorneys General Pam Bondi and Sam Olens spoke about the federal lawsuit against the law, and former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee called the law's provisions an "attack on my Catholic brothers and sisters."
Here are some questions and answers about the Democratic and Republican approaches to moderating spending on the popular program, which covers 47 million seniors and disabled people.
Excerpts on health issues from Gov. Chris Christie's keynote speech, plus speeches by former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum and former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis.
By choosing Wis. Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has put Medicare on the table as a major 2012 campaign issue. Here's a summary of Ryan's record on a range of health care issues, including Medicare.
Federal officials are urging Maryland and its powerful health industry to build on the state's unique hospital rate-setting system to develop sweeping cost controls that could be used as a model for other states.
Romney's selection of Ryan as his running mate has energized Democratic faithful in many congressional districts with large numbers of seniors.
The fraud squads who look for scams in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs have some new weapons: tools and funding provided by the health law.
As the political campaigns tussle over how to handle the program, KHN examines the ongoing debate.
The state sets the largest financial incentive program in the country, tying about 10 percent of reimbursements to facilities' meeting quality standards.
The 2010 health law directs the health program for seniors to create an incentive pay program for nursing homes.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini discuss how Medicare reforms could figure into November's presidential election now that presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has chosen Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to be his running mate.
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