Medicare

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  Marilyn Tavenner wins confirmation for CMS post

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 16, 2013

  Members of the Senate endorsed her performance with a 91-7 vote.

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  Drug costs persist as concern for Medicare patients

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 15, 2013

  More than a third of Medicare Part D beneficiaries say they have daily concerns about their prescription drug costs.

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  Income-based premiums triple Medicare costs under PPACA

  By Robert Bloink, William H. Byrnes  |  May 13, 2013

  New rules put into effect under PPACA can impact retirement income planning in ways your clients might not yet realize, by increasing their Medicare premiums proportionally as income increases.

• Medicare pulls back curtain on hospital bills

  By Staff Writer  |  May 8, 2013

  Prices for treatment are not universal throughout a state or even cities for that matter.

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  How should plans pay doctors?

  By Allison Bell  |  May 8, 2013

  A Ways and Means subcommittee looks at physician reimbursement strategies.

• Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits

  By Staff Writer  |  April 30, 2013

  The state provided benefits due to the family’s socioeconomic condition, not to possibly plan an attack on the U.S.

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  Promises, promises: Social Security pledge at risk

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  April 30, 2013

  President Obama and Congress are still looking for ways to control the spiraling cost of Social Security and Medicare.

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  HIPAA privacy: Excuses, excuses

  By Allison Bell  |  April 26, 2013

  Providers see the rules as traps; caregivers see them as locks meant to shoo them away.

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  Bill Nelson: Will Azheimer's bankrupt us?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 25, 2013

  A Senate committee looks at the state of dementia research funding.

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  Poll: Aging U.S. in denial about long-term care need

  By Jennifer Agiesta and Lauran Neergaard  |  April 24, 2013

  The AP-NORC Center found widespread support for LTC savings tax breaks.