Fewer practices in Massachusetts mean fewer options, longer wait times and farther travel distances to see a doctor.

Agency concludes the hospital violated emergency care law, but it won’t suspend federal funding because issues were addressed.

Just because your children are grown doesn’t mean they’re immune to financial crises — and many retirees find themselves ...

A major new study suggests that Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive better care when treated by clinicians who specialize in nursing home practice — meaning they provide at least 80% of their ...

A Massachusetts-based health care think tank has given an area hospital a No.1 ranking for patient outcomes. Based in the Boston area, the Lown Institute “is a nonpartisan think tank advocating bold ...

The Northampton City Council is certainly on the right path to enforce state law that seeks “Medicare for All.” (Gazette, June 10). But it is instructive to consider that we already have a form of ...

Social Security COLA projections and Medicare Part B premium estimates for 2026 suggest retirees may see benefits squeezed by ...

Candace Nakamoto joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to how to access your Medicare benefits in a disaster including ...

Memorial Hospital Gulfport has achieved a three-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is a ...

Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes when they shop for next ...

The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare if Congress does not act, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office ...

Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that ...