health care

The health insurance open enrollment season runs through close-of-business Dec. 10. Here are three quick tips for health plan hunters from Walton Francis, author of “Checkbook’s Guide to Health Plans For Federal Employees.”

Hundreds of thousands of active and retired federal and postal workers have the opportunity to pay less and get more as the health insurance hunting season runs through Dec. 10.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Willkie said he is not concerned his agency will be impacted by President Donald Trump’s request that agencies trim their budgets by 5 percent in 2020.

The support group Disabled American Veterans highlighted how VA could improve its care for women.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the White House said its regulatory reform efforts saved $23 billion in fiscal 2018.

As part of the VA Mission Act, Congress told the Veterans Affairs Department to consolidate its various private-sector care programs into one.

A new drug developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, called Tafenoquine, has the potential to eradicate malaria. It recently received approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs signed an official joint statement, containing provisions to hold both agencies accountable during the project.

The Coalition for Government Procurement’s Medical/Surgical Subcommittee recognized VA’s Medical/Surgical Prime Vector program for ensuring the delivery of best value health care solutions to veterans.

Veterans eligible for monthly caregivers sometimes have a hard time accessing the program, according to the VA inspector general Michael Missal,