Medicaid and Medicare

SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers think Utah can do a better job of managing Medicare and Medicaid funds than the federal government can.

SALT LAKE CITY -- During his annual State of the State speech Wednesday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert vowed to continue defending the state against an "overreaching, out-of-control and out-of-touch" federal government.

MIAMI -- Nearly one year after receiving powerful new authority to impose moratoriums that would prevent potentially fraudulent Medicare providers from joining the program, federal health officials have yet to impose a single one, according to top Senate Republicans.

Taxpayers could soon be picking up the tab for new sexually transmitted disease screenings for seniors, as well as other Medicare recipients.

More than a decade after Viagra and its ilk began helping boomers and seniors to enjoy conjugal relations more frequently, sexually transmitted disease rates are up dramatically in the over-40 age bracket.

And while wisdom is supposed to come with age, studies have also shown that men over 50 -- regardless of marital status -- are six times less likely to use a condom than men in their 20s, partly because, by that age, they (and their partner) are less worried about pregnancy.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Dr. Richard Daines, the innovative New York health commissioner who left a lucrative private-sector career to fight for public health issues -- including a battle against childhood obesity -- has died at age 60.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah lawmakers have approved a proposal to require a small number of Medicaid recipients to do community service in exchange for coverage as part of a pilot program.