Medicare beneficiaries with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were found to have more than 3 times the Medicare expenditures and beneficiary liability of the average Medicare beneficiary.

The government shutdown stretched into a new week as most congressional Democrats and Republicans continue to be at odds, ...

Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA. If it's your first time ...

Each year, millions of U.S. veterans and their families rely on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for vital services ...

Congress added a $50 billion rural health fund to ease concerns about hospital closures tied to record Medicaid cuts. But experts and researchers say the money won’t prevent serious losses for West ...

Most older Mainers live and age at home, grappling with how to find care and when to start difficult conversations.

Virginia is the last Southern state that has not passed new abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a national constitutional right to the procedure. Abortion could ...

More "No Kings Day" protests come amid a partial government shutdown and as Trump sends, or threatens to send, National Guard ...

Platner, who's running for Senate, called himself a "communist," police as "bastards," and rural white residents as "racist or stupid" in now-deleted Reddit posts.

VA Disability are usually paid at the end of each month. But as the usual payment date, which would be November 30, falls on ...

MAINE, USA — As oyster farmer Graham Platner has rocketed from obscurity to a serious Democratic Senate candidate in Maine in ...

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