The Academy made Medicare physician payment reform its sole legislative advocacy focus and will continue to do so in 2026. Our goal is to stop annual payment cuts and for Congress to pass legislation ...

Quick Read Medical care costs rose 2.85% year-over-year versus 2.16% general inflation. Healthcare spending grew 6.9% while consumer spending rose 4.6%. Original Medicare has no out-of-pocket maximum.

Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) seemed favorable Thursday to a proposed recommendation to Congress that Medicare should pay physicians based on the rate of medical ...

The massive reconciliation bill that passed the House of Representatives in a 215-214 vote May 22 includes provisions to increase Medicare physician payments by 2.25% in 2026 and implement ongoing ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 0.09% advance rate increase for Medicare Advantage plans in ...

A retiree with $220,000 in combined income from Social Security, pension payments, and investment returns will pay $3,409 for ...

Medicare physician pay should be increased yearly, with the increase based on the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), a measure of healthcare inflation, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) ...

Your representatives may finally grab the feared “third rail” of U.S. politics. When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in the early 2030s, the law is clear: Benefits must be slashed ...