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| Four Republican Medicare Secrets ... and a $600 Billion Funeral Huffington Post (blog) The Republicans are demanding $600 billion in Medicare cuts over the next ten years. Their only concrete proposal is to deny Medicare coverage to Americans during what is now their first two years of eligibility, at ages 65 and 66. But their official ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Raise Medicare eligibility to age 67? What's not to like? Boston.com First, keeping out an estimated five million 65 and 66 year olds out of Medicare would save the federal government about $3.3 billion in 2014 and $85.6 billion over six years (2014-19), according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office back in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare, the beloved budget buster Los Angeles Times While President Obama spars with congressional Republicans over whether to raise taxes, advocates for the elderly have been girding for a fight that promises to be at least as intense: what to do about the rising cost of Medicare, the federal health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The "fiscal cliff" and the dismantling of Medicare World Socialist Web Site It is becoming increasingly clear that any deal reached in the negotiations in Washington over the "fiscal cliff" will include a major expansion of means testing for Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors and the disabled. The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Surprise spending spike tied to end of Medicare consultations American Medical News Higher fees authorized by Medicare for outpatient office visits and a sizable increase in physicians billing more complex evaluation and management codes were reasons cited for the higher spending. The elimination of consults led to a 6.5% increase in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare sign-up spawns scams Columbus Dispatch Identity thieves work year-round, but scams and complaints from older people in particular seem to surface each fall during the open-enrollment period for Medicare, said John Ratliff, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Aging. Open enrollment for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ANN MCFEATTERS: Medicare still in crosshairs of some in GOP San Angelo Standard Times WASHINGTON — Here's the latest irony from the nation's capital: Having lost the election, Republicans are demanding that the White House agree to raise the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 67. Even though Medicare is predicted to be solvent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Justice Department Investigates Life Care Centers for Aggressive Medicare ... Senior Housing News A Tennessee-based nursing-care company is under investigation for defrauding Medicare of millions of dollars in unnecessary treatments, according to a federal complaint. The U.S. Government filed this complaint against Life Care Centers of America, Inc ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Welfare Spending: Medicare vs Corporate/Business Subsidies (or does the GOP ... Business Insider Open thread Dec 7, 2012 · The Employment Situation · Steady State Social Security: What Would it Look LIke? by Linda Beale Welfare Spending: Medicare vs Corporate/Business Subsidies (or does the GOP really support WalMart's behavior in Bangladesh?) ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Coburn: Medicare and Social Security 'are things we don't ... By David Edwards Tom Coburn (R-OK) is encouraging Democrats to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits because the programs are "things we don't absolutely need." Speaking to ABC's George Stephanopolous on Sunday about the so-called fiscal cliff, ... The Raw Story | ||
| More Cliff Notes–Moving to the Chained CPI or Raising Medicare ... By Jared Bernstein More Cliff Notes–Moving to the Chained CPI or Raising Medicare Eligibility Age: Now's Not the Time. Dec 09, 2012. Cutting right to the chase, the cliff is almost upon us, and deciding big changes in social insurance programs—Medicare and ... Jared Bernstein | On the Economy | ||
| Democrats Explode When GOP Tries to Blame Deficit on Medicare ... By Jason Easley GOP Sen. Tom Coburn and Rep. Jeb Hensarling tried to blame the deficit on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, they were smacked down by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and Rep. Raul Grijalva on This Week. PoliticusUSA | ||
| Daily Kos: Raise rates, Medicare age; truce on Obamacare incl ... By rss@dailykos.com (klir2m) Progressives will rage, but I suspect a deal that looked something like this would have us all coming to terms with the political genius of the maneuver years down the road: 1. Raise Medicare to 67 in exchange for a raise in top rates 2. As part ... Recent | ||
| Help fight Medicare fraud | Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor One of the modest successes of President Barack Obama's administration that has received scant attention is the detection and prosecution of large scale Medicare fraud. Such crime is one of the reasons health costs are increasing. But there ... Letters to the Editor |
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| Medicare Q&A: On raising the eligibility age - Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - As they debate ways to control the federal deficit, President Obama and congressional Republicans have both acknowledged the need to rein ... articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/.../la-na-medicare-qa-20121207 | ||
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