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FILE - Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during a news conference on efforts to combat fraud, in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)

CMS must implement competitive bidding with caution for patient care

By Kenneth Moritsugu

Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), arbitration and America's workforce illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The ‘No Surprises’ warning for mandatory labor arbitration

By Thomas Beck

Waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid system illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

It’s time to end the Medicaid slush fund

By Mike Andrews

Rid Medicaid behavioral health of bad actors. Illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Rid Medicaid behavioral health of bad actors

By Andrea Gelzer

Boxes for the medications Wegovy and Zepbound are arranged for a photograph in California, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia) **FILE**

Medicare now covers GLP-1 weight loss drugs for eligible beneficiaries

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Bottles of medications sit on shelves at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) ** FILE **

Trump administration proposes a rule it says could save Medicare patients $1.1 billion on drugs

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Workers at a Medicaid call center in Jefferson City, Mo., field questions and review information regarding eligibility determinations on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb) **FILE**

New Medicaid work requirements set for next year

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘Out of my lane.’ Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room

By Will Weissert and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz attends an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

CMS announces 6-month enrollment pause for new hospice and home health providers

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz attends the Future Investment Initiative Institute's summit, where President Donald Trump is set to speak, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump administration admits to using skewed statistics in New York Medicaid probe

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Colorectal cancer screening illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Strengthening colorectal cancer screening standards saves lives

By Dr. Jerome Adams

California's fraud scandals illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

California ‘ground zero’ for hospice fraud

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Wearable health monitoring.

We must safeguard sensitive medical tech now

By ROB MANESS

Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, speaks during a news conference in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) ** FILE **

Dr. Oz launches investigation into New York’s Medicaid program

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Cuts to veterans health care benefits illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Health care cuts put wounded veterans at risk

By Gerald Santos

Fixing Medicare for American health care illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Competitive bidding shouldn’t undermine patient care

By Richard Carmona

Prescription drugs that fight diabetes, obesity illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Medicare should cover anti-obesity drugs

By Sally C. Pipes and Wayne Winegarden

Harris-Walz administration and Medicare Advantage illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Harris-Walz administration would continue attacks on Medicare Advantage

By Martin Hoyt

Jazmin Evans, a student at Temple University, has readings taken during a checkup at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia on Feb. 16, 2024. Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased organ test was to blame. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)

New rule proposed by HHS aims to reduce racial disparities among Black kidney transplant patients

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, and Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure speaks to reporters after an event at Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Brooks-LaSure and Cooper discussed the recent expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina and efforts to enroll residents in subsidized health insurance through the online marketplace (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Roy Cooper, Medicaid leader push insurance enrollment as North Carolina Medicaid expansion grows

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press