One hospice doctor. One year. $71 million worth of Medicare claims.

CBS News tracks down doctor connected to hospices with indicators of potential fraud

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a widening federal crackdown on fraud on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Adam Yamaguchi tracked down a doctor whose practice raised multiple red flags.

8 Arrested in Health Care Fraud Takedown, Including Owners of Hospices that Billed Taxpayers Millions of Dollars to Serve the ‘Dying’ - Department of Justice (.gov)

Seniors can’t afford Washington’s stealth Medicare cuts

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a nearly flat 2027 rate notice update for Medicare Advantage, which could result in higher premiums, reduced benefits, and narrower provider networks for the 35 million seniors relying on the program.

How millions in taxpayer dollars are helping fund House members' reelection bids

<p>Keep a close eye on the ads that inundate your screens as the <a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/2026-midterm-elections" target="_blank">2026 midterm elections</a> heat up. You, the taxpayer, paid for some of them.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Each election cycle, incumbent House members use a privilege called "franking" to put millions in taxpayer dollars towards giving their reelection campaigns a thinly veiled boost.</p><hr><ul><li>In the 2024 election cycle, House offices spent a combined $44 million on franked mail and another $19 million on other forms of franked communications such as ads, an Axios analysis of congressional disbursement forms found.</li><li>According to the advertising spending tracker AdImpact, around $5 million of that was spent on television and digital ads, which are marked as "paid for with official funds authorized by the House of Representatives."</li><li>Franking is a practice that <a href="https://cha.house.gov/the-history-of...

US to raise Medicare Advantage payments to insurers by 2.48% in 2027, insurance stocks surge - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPanJsNV9xY0xRMEo3bHd4QWg0OTl3M2c5dWZKa0stMlZYamVWaFNQWlcwSWNtaHN3a2VyRFFPbmJoem9BcGNoU001OGpXUS1mVlVEQ1NNQmhCLWNqTWNiQ1ZuRkQzMUt0VXE5ZG00NnhSRkdnWkpHYmh0YTJyLTdzV0paOVgtMHV1clZ3MU9wRm1JcmRzUkhST1UxcGRra0VSVHJrRDFDSUc0WTQwdW9rYmFxYnNOdElkTEhOWndfcVFZTFE?oc=5" target="_blank">US to raise Medicare Advantage payments to insurers by 2.48% in 2027, insurance stocks surge</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

She paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverage

Rosa María Carranza has worked and paid taxes for more than two decades, but a provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make her and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible for Medicare. Now Carranza's once secure retirement is in question.