Medicare – a federal program that provides health insurance to seniors and some individuals with disabilities – is one of the largest and fastest-growing parts of the federal budget.

Access to telehealth and hospital-at-home care has been a lifeline for many older Americans. However, recent changes to Medicare coverage could disrupt these services in 2025, leaving beneficiaries uncertain about their options.

The new Department of Government Efficiency can't go after Medicare or Social Security. That leaves Medicaid in a vulnerable position.

From Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to 2035, nominal spending will grow by 53 percent according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline. About 83 percent of this increase can be explained by only three parts of the federal budget: Social Security, health care, and net interest on the national debt.

The White House memo issued late Monday led to chaos and confusion as to what programs would be impacted by the freeze.

Presidents from both parties, including Trump, have let the budget grow and grow. The White House is trying to make changes on its own.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track to break a notable debt record in just four years.

A new forecast from the Congressional Budget Office reveals the scale of the fiscal challenge that the second Trump administration has inherited from its predecessors. Amid much talk about the problem,

President Donald Trump has frozen $3 trillion in federal funds until his administration completes a full spending review. Here’s what it means.

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the Congressional Budget Office provided a dour forecast.

Virginia has an opportunity to improve residents’ health by increasing Medicaid payments to primary care physicians, ODU family medicine professor Bob Newman, M.D., writes in a guest column.