The updated system will provide more detail and data for health experts.

Currently, Medicare is banned from negotiating directly with drug companies.

The sweeping health care laws cover a third of Americans.

25 percent goes to end-of-life care, but does it save on other expenses?

Sometimes a hip replacement costs $16,500. Sometimes it costs twice that.

And private insurers usually follow Medicare’s lead.

Doctors will need new IT infrastructure to deal with proposed changes.

Program to move from fee-based to a quality-based payment system.

Medicare's annual open enrollment period starts today. What has changed?

A web-based system aims to use technology to ease end-of-life decision making.