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Sunday, December 2, 2012

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News8 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare beneficiaries reach $5 billion in drug savings
USA TODAY
2012 - Since passage of the health care overhaul two years ago, 5.8 million Medicare patients have saved $5 billion from prescription drug discounts, and the government can now predict lower health care costs based on increased use of these cheaper ...
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Medicare SGR sticker shock adds urgency to pay reform campaign
American Medical News
The cost of offsetting a freeze of Medicare payments by preventing the 2013 cut under the sustainable growth rate formula has proved to be a moving target. The most recent estimate incorporates policy adopted in the final 2013 physician fee schedule ...
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The cold, hard realities behind Medicare cuts
Politico
Democrats have said they can cut Medicare spending without touching seniors' benefits. But here's the reality: They can't get several hundred billion dollars out of Medicare without at least some beneficiaries taking a hit. And that could be a big ...
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Politico
Medicare premiums and deductibles for 2013
NorthJersey.com
The good news is that for most folks on Medicare, the premium is going up $5 per month. In 2012 the premium is $99.90 and in 2013, it will be $104.90. This is known as the standard Medicare Part B premium and is deducted from your Social Security check ...
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Medicare private plans boost quality in time for bonuses
American Medical News
NCQA found that Medicare Advantage plans have made major strides on quality reporting and are outperforming other commercial plans in some instances. The nonprofit quality organization published its State of Health Care Quality Report 2012 on data ...
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An Entitlement Reform Guide
Wall Street Journal
Higher-income seniors already receive less of a Medicare subsidy as a result of a George W. Bush policy in 2004 and then again in ObamaCare. A third expansion of means-testing is inevitable, and one useful proposal is known as comprehensive cost ...
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Wall Street Journal
Check your Medicare prescription drug coverage
Pocono Record
It is open enrollment season for many folks, the time of year to make any changes to employee benefits. But open enrollment isn't just for employees. It's also the season for seniors to adjust Medicare options. One of the most complicated set of ...
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My Word: It's OK to yank Medicare rug from seniors
Orlando Sentinel
Yes, indeed, the Affordable Care Act identifies $716 billion in cuts to Medicare, much of it from reducing the massive subsidy to Medicare Advantage insurance, a private-insurance policy that covers many of the expenses not covered in Part A (paid by ...
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Blogs4 new results for Medicare
 
Daily Kos: Claire McCaskill on MTP: Let's Cut Medicare Benefits
By rss@dailykos.com (cjo30080)
simply making the medicare and SS tax effective on ALL INCOME makes both of these federal programs solvent forever.Since a very large majority of Americans already have ALL THEIR INCOME taxed for these 2 programs this is by far the ...
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Republicans Flip Flop on Medicare - YouTube
By TheYoungTurks
"The austerity crisis talks have hit a peculiar impasse. The problem isn't, as most analysts expected, taxes, where Republicans seem increasingly resigned to...
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Regional VP For United Healthcare In SoCal Discusses Important ...
By vabergland
Regional Vice President for United Healthcare Medicare & Retirement in Southern California, Michael McCarthy, stopped by KCAL9 Sunday to make Medicare beneficiaries aware of the enrollment deadline!
CBS Los Angeles
Fiscal Cliff: Dems, GOP Sparring Publicly Over Entitlement Cuts ...
In the Sunday talk shows and via interviews with key news organizations, administration and congressional GOP leaders are talking about their must-haves in any fiscal cliff deal.
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Web1 new result for Medicare
 
Medicare Is Faulted in Electronic Medical Records Conversion ...
A sharply critical report says the agency has not put in place safeguards against fraud and abuse in encouraging the switch to electronic medical records.
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