In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on today. ...more

November 4, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats say they've reached a Medicare deal that secures critical support from heartland and Pacific lawmakers for health overhaul legislation. ...more

October 22, 2009

Medicare wants doctors to write prescriptions electronically. ...more

December 15, 2008

Tampa General Hospital CEO Ron Hytoff says he's embarrassed by a federal agency's findings that the hospital's psychiatric ward poses a threat to patient safety. He should be. ...more

August 25, 2008

The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say. ...more

August 4, 2008

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., made a dramatic return to the Capitol on Wednesday to help the Senate pass legislation that would rescind a sharp cut in Medicare payments to physicians. ...more

July 10, 2008

Two powerful health trade groups will begin airing dueling ads this week in their fight over Medicare, hoping to influence Congress as lawmakers face pressure to reverse scheduled cuts in doctor fees. ...more

July 2, 2008

While Medicare, our national health care program for seniors, drowns in waste and inefficiency, some members of Congress want to throw a life preserver to the health care organizations that improperly bill the program for billions of dollars each year. ...more

February 13, 2008

Two-thirds of doctors in Sarasota County say they will stop accepting new Medicare patients if the federal program's payments do not improve. ...more

December 4, 2007

Attorneys for Lincare Inc. on Thursday asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud that a Plant City businessman filed on behalf of taxpayers. The company's attorneys argued that the whistleblower hasn't backed up the allegations. ...more

November 2, 2007