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Medicare: Is 67 the new 65? Los Angeles Times December 14, 2012. Looking for ways to slow the growth of entitlement programs, budget negotiators in Washington are considering making seniors wait two years longer to qualify for Medicare — from age 65 to 67. Many Republicans have endorsed the idea ... See all stories on this topic »

Making The Rich Pay More For Medicare NPR (blog) When it comes to reducing Medicare spending, asking wealthier seniors to pay more is one of the few areas where Democrats have shown a willingness to even consider the subject. "I do believe there should be means testing. And those of us with higher ... See all stories on this topic » NPR (blog)

Raising Medicare's Eligibility Age Is Tough Issue For Democrats Kaiser Health News Though one leading Senate Democrat has signaled that the idea of raising Medicare's eligibility is off the negotiating table, it's not clear where this bargaining chit stands. Politico: Fiscal Cliff: Medicare Eligibility Age Off The Table For White ... See all stories on this topic »

You can still drop your Medicare Advantage plan, but….. - Medicare and More Tucson Citizen I got a call on Monday, December 10th from Bob, who said he needs to change his Medicare Advantage plan. He said he has a problem with his current Medicare Advantage (MA) plan and wants to move to another MA plan. He said he knows the December ... See all stories on this topic » Tucson Citizen

What's the Best Way to Control Medicare Costs? PBS NewsHour Anots: If we expect to bend the Medicare cost curve, we must change the financial incentives that promote the use of services. The federal subsidy cannot grow without limit, and Medicare's payment arrangements must make that clear to both consumers and ... See all stories on this topic » PBS NewsHour

Insurance Reps Push for Action on Medicare Secondary Payment Bills Move by ... PropertyCasualty360 Insurance and related industries are seeking to win support in the waning days of the current Congress for two pieces of legislation dealing with payment of injured worker claims to people whose primary insurance is Medicare. Officials of both the ... See all stories on this topic »

Sen. Durbin: White House has taken Medicare eligibility age hike off the table The Hill A group of liberal Democrats has said in recent days that raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, as President Obama mulled during deficit-reduction talks with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in the summer of 2011, would cause them to vote ... See all stories on this topic »

Partisan Differences Persist On Taxes And Medicare, Other Entitlement Programs Kaiser Health News Los Angeles Times: Signs Of Drift In 'Fiscal Talks' Earlier in the day, a top Senate Democrat said increasing the Medicare eligibility age was off the table — an important stance to liberal Democrats. Publicly, the two sides appear to be drifting ... See all stories on this topic »

Nancy Pelosi on raising Medicare eligibility age: 'Don't even think about' it The Hill But Pelosi argued that Medicare and Social Security reforms have no place in the current fiscal talks. She said Congress should be focusing on the most pressing issues this month — particularly preventing the Bush tax rates from expiring on the middle ... See all stories on this topic »

Houston doctor convicted in Medicare scheme Houston Chronicle Evidence presented at his trial this week convinced jurors that Echols' signature on prescriptions or "plans of care" used by Family Healthcare Services and Houston Compassionate Care companies, resulted in the phony Medicare claims being paid. See all stories on this topic »

Blogs 5 new results for Medicare

Daily Kos: Durbin on Medicare age hike: 'Not on the table from the ... By rss@dailykos.com (Jed Lewison) I'm not sure that Durbin is saying the Medicare age hike is off the table entirely, nor am I sure that he's saying the White House has taken it off the table. But at the very least, he's saying that the White House is not putting it on the table. Daily Kos

The Tom Coburn samizdat Medicare reform proposal By Tyler Cowen As reported by Ezra Klein: "If I had the magic wand," he told me, "I'd change how we pay for Medicare." That's a common enough sentiment, but the policy Coburn has in mind is a bit more radical than what's. Marginal Revolution

Durbin: White House won't hike Medicare age — MSNBC By Zachary Roth U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina (Photo: Getty Images/Alex Wong). Mission accomplished ... MSNBC

Additional Medicare Tax /Unresolved Payroll Tax Issues for 2013 By DefaultAuthor The Affordable Care Act imposed an additional 0.9% Medicare tax on wages received after December 31, 2012, that exceed the applicable threshold for the individual's filing status. For married persons filing jointly, the threshold is $250,000; ... IIT Today

Grand Prairie Hospital Now Medicare-Certified | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort ... By CHRISTINE LEE Grand Prairie is no longer the largest city in the United States without an acute care hospital. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth - Top Stories

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