Anna Wilde Mathews
Health Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Reporter for the Wall Street Journal covering health insurers and reimbursement policy. Reach me at [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the increase for 2026 payment rates on Monday. Investors are expected to view the bump as a sign of the Trump administration’s support for Medicare Advantage, the program under which private insurers administer the benefits of the federal program for older and disabled Americans.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Liz Essley Whyte
Biden administration had proposed late last year coverage of the popular medicines for obesityThe Trump administration said Friday that Medicare and Medicaid won’t expand coverage of popular anti-obesity drugs, rejecting a proposal issued late last year by the Biden administration. The decision deals a blow, at least for now, to Americans who are covered by the government health-insurance programs and wanted their help paying for the popular but pricey drugs.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Paul Overberg |Elizaveta Galkina
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flipboard.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Paul Overberg |Elizaveta Galkina
2 hours agoThe Real Story Behind Colorado’s ‘Distorted’ Portrait of TrumpTrump said that “many people” from Colorado have complained about the portrait to him: “In fact, they are actually angry about it!” He added that he’s contacted Colorado’s Democratic Gov.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Christopher Weaver
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Playing0:17 / 4:43Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Medicare agency, said some actions by private insurers in the Medicare Advantage program amounted to fraud and cheating, and he intended to go after them as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Privately run Medicare Advantage plans will get a sizable payment bump from the federal government, thanks to a 5.06% increase announced by the Trump administration Monday https://t.co/amlTadkmBi via @WSJ
Insurers collected $50 billion extra from Medicare by making questionable diagnoses, often without the knowledge of patients or their doctors. https://t.co/oYBB6LNaWu via @WSJ
Exclusive: Kaiser Permanente’s new Risant Health unit plans to acquire Cone Health, in a deal to build a network of nonprofit health systems across the U.S. https://t.co/lkBQH3wnxA via @WSJ