Recent Posts on Medicare

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, millions of doctors’ visits and health care...

Federal agencies spend over $4 trillion a year. But how that money is spent isn’t always easy to...

Without a change in law or policy, the gap between the amount of money the federal government...

GAO’s workforce is organized largely by subject area, with most employees working in one of our 15...

Over 14 million Medicare participants received opioid prescriptions in 2016—which cost the...

It’s almost that time of year when tens of thousands of medical students gear up to apply for...

How do you find—and stop—fraudsters among Medicare and Medicaid’s 100 million beneficiaries...

Planning for your future isn’t just about saving for retirement. Thinking ahead about end-of-life...

Across the country, the nearly 16,000 nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid are...

Let’s face it: no one likes getting shots. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

Today Medicare and Medicaid turn 50. These landmark programs are the largest sources of health care...