Core programs will keep running because their funding is built into law. But a popular Medicare benefit has already ended, ...

It's got bipartisan support—and millions of Americans need it. But Congress keeps failing to lock in telehealth funding.

Medicare and Medicaid continue during the shutdown, but key waivers have expired. Delaware leaders worry that ACA credits ...

Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities, but other functions — like NASA's space ...

Doctors, hospitals and other health providers could see delays in Medicare and Medicaid payments during a longer-term ...

"She was so anxious, she wouldn’t come into the office," psychiatrist Tichianaa Armah said of a telehealth patient.

Social Security and Medicare payments continue during a shutdown, but delays and service disruptions are still likely. Read ...

While a government shutdown won't prevent Social Security checks from going out or interrupt Medicare coverage, parts of the ...

The federal government’s shutdown entered Day 2 on Thursday as neither side showed signs of budging amid their impasse over funding the government.

Crucial health programs will continue to operate during the federal government shutdown, but many services will halt or be significantly less efficient as staffers are furloughed, based on ...

Older Americans who want to see by how much their Social Security checks will increase next year may have to wait until the government shutdown ends.