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By Allison Bell |
May 23, 2012
In 2007, LTC facility care cost Medicare enrollees who needed it an average of $43,253 each.
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By Allison Bell |
May 14, 2012
The Extend Health Medicare exchange can give employers a middle way between Cadillac benefits and no help at all.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press |
May 3, 2012
Would CMS have to make up the difference between pre-PPACA payment rates and the rates paid?
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Stephen Ohlemacher |
April 23, 2012
High energy prices and an economy that has been slow to rebound are worsening Social Security's finances, shortening the life of the trust funds that support the program by three years, the government said Monday.
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By Richard Hoe |
April 19, 2012
A bout with shingles exposed the troubles with getting a correct diagnosis — and how that's causing waste in the Medicare system.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
April 12, 2012
One settlement yields $84 million to Tenet, the other results in a payment of $42.75 million to the government.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
March 22, 2012
GOP lawmakers are hoping their symbolic 223-181 vote on Thursday to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board will help persuade seniors that Republicans, not Democrats, are the best stewards of Medicare.
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By Staff Writer |
February 28, 2012
Mitt Romney unveiled a plan Friday to reform Medicare.
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press |
February 17, 2012
Two Republican senators unveiled a Medicare rescue plan Thursday that features an accelerated transition to private health insurance for many seniors, a gradual increase in the eligibility age, and higher premiums for middle-class and upper-income retirees.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
February 13, 2012
The HHS budget for 2013 plans to reduce payments to hospitals where the Administration thinks costs are too high.
