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Medicare Is Faulted on Shift to Electronic Records New York Times But the report says Medicare, which is charged with managing the incentive program that encourages the adoption of electronic records, has failed to put in place adequate safeguards to ensure that information being provided by hospitals and doctors ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

OVERNIGHT HEALTH: House Dems reject Medicare cuts The Hill (blog) As the country moves closer and closer to the "fiscal cliff," Democrats are maintaining a hard line against cuts to Medicare benefits. Party leaders said Wednesday that any cuts to benefits in Medicare and Medicaid should be off the table in a deal to ... See all stories on this topic »

Help Medicare to thrive under ACA Politico As we approach the edge of the fiscal cliff, Medicare — the health insurance program for America's seniors and disabled — is in the cross hairs. Former Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan authored a budget that called for Medicare ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare, social program cuts: Will Democrats go along? Christian Science Monitor Republicans' newfound willingness to consider tax increases to avert the "fiscal cliff" comes with a significant caveat: larger cuts than Democrats seem willing to consider to benefit programs like Medicare, Medicaid and the president's health care ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Medicare Must Grow Older To Survive Neon Tommy In 1965, when Medicare was established, giving health coverage to Americans over 65 years of age, life expectancy in the United States was 70.21 years. Now it's 78.49. Not only are Americans living longer under Medicare coverage, there are more of them ... See all stories on this topic » Neon Tommy

Dem leaders: Cuts to Medicare benefits off the table in deficit negotiations The Hill Democratic party leaders on Wednesday argued that they had already put Medicare cuts on the table in deficit talks, but they ruled out any reduction to benefits. "Is Medicare – has it been on the table? Absolutely it has been on the table," Rep. Xavier ... See all stories on this topic »

Republican calls for tougher fight against Medicare fraud The Hill (blog) "Without first plugging the policy loopholes that lead to Medicare fraud, the federal government will likely switch from maintaining one costly, fraud-prone system to instead maintaining two costly, fraud-prone systems." House and Senate versions of ... See all stories on this topic »

NY clinic workers plead guilty to Medicare fraud Wall Street Journal Court documents say the three were employees of a Brooklyn clinic that paid cash kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries. They also used the beneficiaries' names to bill Medicare for more than $71 million in services that were unnecessary or never provided. See all stories on this topic »

Blogs 5 new results for Medicare

Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Raising the Medicare ... By Jon Walker By greater than a two-to-one margin, voters overwhelmingly oppose increasing the Medicare retirement age from 65 to 67, according to a new Washington Post. FDL Action

Contra the Deficit Scolds, We Can Keep Medicare and Medicaid ... By David Dayen Medicare is already means-tested. To means-test it more, in a way that will actually capture enough revenue to matter, you would have to dip into the middle class to make the math work. Similarly, this idea that this is the "wealthiest generation ... Firedoglake

What Medicare Needs is a Consumer-Driven Market - Jeff Jacoby ... By Jeff Jacoby Neurologists are about to feel the sting of the Affordable Care Act. Beginning Jan. 1, Medicare will be paying them less for electrodiagnostic procedures used in identifying and treating a wide range of nerve and muscle disorders. Townhall's Recent Columns

Clinic Workers Plead Guilty To Role In Medicare Fraud Ring « CBS ... By Adam Harrington Two Brooklyn residents have pleaded guilty in a $71 million scheme to defraud Medicare. CBS New York

Daily Kos: We must SAVE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SOCIAL ... By rss@dailykos.com (StewartAcuff) PLEASE CALL BOTH YOUR SENATORS AND YOUR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL THEM NO CUTS TO MEDICARE OR MEDICAID OR SOCIAL SECURITY! THE PHONE NUMBER IS 202-224-3121. obama

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Medicare payment changes draw fire - The Boston Globe Neurologists from Boston hospitals and around the country are calling on the federal government to reverse a decision to cut payments for certain diagnostic ... www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health.../11/.../story.html

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