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Much of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now “beyond recovery”, a report has said. The response to the pandemic had led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error” with many organisations unprepared, the Covid Counter Fraud…

Over the last decade, Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has taken on a prominent role in the Medicare program. In 2025, more than 34 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan – more than half, or 54%, of the eligible Medicare population. In 2026, the average Medicare beneficiary…

Medicare Advantage plans, which enrolled more than 34 million Medicare beneficiaries or 54% of the eligible Medicare population in 2025, typically offer extra benefits, such as dental, vision, and hearing, often for no additional premium, as well as lower cost sharing compared to traditional Medicare without supplemental insurance. These additional benefits usually come with the…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Flu has come early this year and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season because a new strain of the virus is circulating. The NHS has already sent out a “flu jab SOS” to vulnerable people. How bad might this winter be, and should you buy a…

Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland PA Media Nurse Sandie Peggie, pictured after the tribunal judgement, has worked for the NHS for 30 years A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment against NHS Fife but other allegations of discrimination and victimisation were dismissed. Sandie Peggie…

Staff, patients and visitors are being asked to wear face masks at three hospital sites as flu cases rise. The measure has been brought in at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire and Frimley Park Hospital near Camberley, Surrey. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the sites, said the number…

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent Getty Images The review looks at the worst-performing maternity and neonatal services Hungry mothers, dirty wards and poor care are blighting England’s maternity services while staff receive death threats for working in some units, according to a new report. Baroness Amos, who is chairing a review into maternity care, said that…