Medicare – Page 32 – Healthy Skeptic

Sep 01 2010

AARP

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Medicare will be cut by billions of dollars under health care reform, so why do people say the law will keep Medicare afloat longer? Did they flunk math?

Aug 31 2010

Washington Times

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Republicans who question whether Don Berwick could have a conflict of interest if medical-device companies or health plans helped make his generous compensation package possible

Aug 30 2010

USA Today

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Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.

Aug 27 2010

LA Times

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CMS issued a final regulation to protect against fraudulent medical equipment and supplies vendors – the rule will require suppliers to maintain proper ordering documentation and remain open at least 30 hours a week

Aug 27 2010

Washington Post

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The Medicare cuts can be used to improve the government’s capacity to finance benefits in the future or to pay for another entitlement. But they can’t be used for both

Aug 26 2010

Reimbursement Changes and Physician Behavior

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It is well-established that physicians respond to various economic incentives by changing their treatment behavior. A recent study explores this phenomenon in the context of Medicare's cancer chemotherapy drug reimbursement…

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Aug 17 2010

Fiscal Times

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Democrats, running scared in an election year, are trying to overcome older people’s mistrust of the new health care law

Aug 14 2010

2010 Potpourri XXIX

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Another Saturday, another Potpourri, featuring the acquisition of a hospital medical necessity company, Americans' online health usage, analysis of prescriptions, California workers' compensation, home monitoring of elderly parents, remote psychiatric…

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Aug 13 2010

Washington Post

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Only in Washington could the government raid one entitlement program to finance a brand-new one and still claim that deficits have been reduced and entitlements have been reformed.

Aug 13 2010

Medicare’s Solvency Extended–Or Is It?

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In a sign that the media is less willing to accept some of the Administration's misleading pronunciations about health care, when HHS claimed that the Medicare Trustee's report showed the…

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Aug 12 2010

New York Times

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“Roadmap for America’s Future,” is an unusually austere proposal to vanquish the federal debt by, among other things, partly dismantling Social Security and Medicare as they currently exist

Aug 10 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare beneficiaries will be able to receive for free all preventive services and screenings that receive an A or B recommendation for seniors from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Aug 09 2010

Kaiser Health News

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New Medicare Report: Is It Based on a Rosy Scenario? New report also confirms Medicare and Social Security headed for insolvency in the long term

Aug 09 2010

Politico

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Senators voted Thursday to give $26 billion in aid to states and schools, $16 billion of which will be directed to Medicaid programs around the nation

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

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Medicare’s chief actuary said the reduced benefits would cause Advantage plans’ enrollment to fall to 7.4 million seniors.

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