America’s crucial safety-net program is straining under an older population and swelling costs. POLITICO looks at where the new ideas will come from.
Should Medicare pay for toothpaste and shoes?
Why an experiment in Massachusetts is using federal health money to pay for some very non-medical things.
A health care policy that puts end of life first
The way to keep Medicare alive may be to improve how patients die.
Medicare reforms both parties can live with
Conservative health wonks Lanhee Chen and James Capretta have four ideas for fixing Medicare that might just work for Democrats as well as Republicans.
Medicare’s time bomb, in charts
Q&A: The last time we tried to fix Medicare
It was 1999, and Washington took a shot at one of its toughest problems. What we can learn, from two people who were in the room.
5 big questions about “Medicare-for-all”
Surprise! Costs are going down
Will Medicare kill the fax machine?
Electronic data silos are finally beginning to crumble. Medicare could speed up the process.
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