Before a February cabinet meeting, a reporter asked President Donald Trump if he could guarantee that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security would not be cut. Trump responded, "I've said it so many times that you shouldn't even be asking me that question. We're not going to touch it. Now, we are going to look for fraud."

That is undoubtedly good news for the 70 million Americans who depend on Medicaid for their medical care. Medicaid is a joint federal-state...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job...

Can the Trump administration refuse to spend money appropriated through Congress by firing federal workers and canceling existing contracts? And if the courts say it cannot, will the administration obey those directives? That key confrontation crept closer this week as the Supreme Court weighed in, suggesting...

As layoffs continue as part of the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce, impacted employees will have some important decisions to make about their health care coverage after their last day...

Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources...