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Medicare Advantage, a fast-growing private alternative to original Medicare, has enrolled more than 26 million people. Humana Inc. is one of the largest of these insurers. While popular with seniors, Medicare Advantage has been the target of multiple government investigations.

Humana Inc. Overcharged Medicare Nearly $200 Million, Federal Audit Finds

If the report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General is sustained, Humana Inc. could face a record penalty for overcharges in a Medicare Advantage plan.

Refrigerators store Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a company facility in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Contract Excludes Many Taxpayer Protections

The $1.95 billion Operation Warp Speed contract excludes government rights to inventions or production know-how developed in the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Tim Shantz conducts Luminous Voices' first car concert on Oct. 4, 2020.

Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform

This car choir solution is one that accomplished baritone David Newman came up with so that ensembles could sing "together." The method uses microphones, a mixer, an FM transmitter and car radios.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the latest statistics on Wednesday showing agents encountered nearly 3,500 migrants a day during February 2021-- that's a 28% spike over January.

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February

The swelling number of minors has left CBP clambering to quickly move children from detention in crude holding cells built to house adult men to temporary shelters appropriate for adolescents.

Bamby Salcedo, here speaking at a 2017 rally, is president and CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed to keep Obama-era civil rights protections in place. "Everyone deserves easy access to health care," Salcedo says, "and health care that is respectful of who we are."

LGBTQ Clinics Sue Trump Administration Over Discrimination In Trans Health Care

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rule affecting LGBTQ discrimination in health care is filed Monday. Plaintiffs say last week's Supreme Court decision has put "wind in our sails."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and CDC Director Robert Redfield will appear before a Senate committee on May 12.

Fauci To Appear Before Senate Panel, But Not 'Trump Haters' In The House, Trump Says

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other members of the coronavirus task force will testify before a GOP-led Senate committee next week but have been blocked from making similar appearances in the House so far.

In this June 3, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.

Biden Picks Calif. AG To Be First Latino Health Secretary

President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Becerra will be the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that blocked work requirements in Arkansas and in Kentucky, which has since rescinded them. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar is seen testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Blocking States' Medicaid Work Requirements

A three-judge panel found the Trump administration failed to analyze whether such requirements "would promote the primary objective of Medicaid — to furnish medical assistance," as required by law.

President Trump addresses a Cabinet meeting last month at the White House, as Vice President Pence looks on in the background. On Friday, the Trump administration suggested some of California's federal funds could be in jeopardy over the state's requirement that insurers cover abortions.

Trump Administration Threatens California Over Mandate That Insurers Cover Abortion

Health officials said the state has 30 days to repeal the requirement or some of its federal funds might be in jeopardy. The threat comes on the same day Trump addressed an anti-abortion rights march.

The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters in a 2015 file photo. The agency acts as the federal government's human resources department and in light of the coronavirus outbreak, it's encouraging federal workers to telework from home.

In Reversal, Trump Administration Now Urges Agencies To Allow Telework

The coronavirus has led many employers to tell their workers to telework. But the federal government has sent mixed messages.

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