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| Medicare emerging as prime target in US "fiscal cliff" talks Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With rival Democratic and Republican deficit plans increasingly focused on Medicare, experts say the two sides could be edging toward common ground on important changes to the popular health insurance program for seniors and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pelosi: Dems Must Say No To Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Huffington Post It's a perennial fear among liberals: In the quest for a fiscal cliff deal, the White House and Democrats will ultimately acquiesce to GOP demands to raise the Medicare eligibility age. But one Democrat is drawing a line against this possibility: Nancy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Raising The Medicare Eligibility Age Is A Terrible Idea Slate Magazine (blog) I have a column out about the idea of raising the Medicare eligibility age, a disastrous idea that saves taxpayers only at the expense of raising overall health care spending. The key thing to understand is that there isn't a two-way division of costs ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare-Medicaid experiment aims to save on care USA TODAY California leads the way in a huge new experiment on using managed care plans to cover health costs for patients eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. Story Highlights. California's test of managed care for patients in Medicare and Medicaid raises ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Another Voice: Congress must prevent Medicare cuts to physicians Buffalo News One of these critically needed changes is protecting our seniors' continued access to timely needed care by preventing staggering cuts in Medicare payments to the physicians who are providing this care. This is one of the most important issues to be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare coverage deadline: This Friday MarketWatch (blog) Medicare's open-enrollment period, when the 49 million Americans who use the program can make changes to their 2013 coverage, is about to come to a close – for most beneficiaries and their families, the deadline for alterations is midnight on Friday, Dec. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| My Word: The advantages of Medicare Advantage Orlando Sentinel It seems Susan Mitchell's only real complaints are the evil profit-making insurance companies that provide Medicare Advantage programs to the seniors smart enough to take advantage of them, getting mail from them and reading their advertisements in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Changes Loom As 'Fiscal Cliff' Negotiations Pick Up Kaiser Family Foundation Still it has become clear that if there is a deal before year's end, Medicare will almost certainly be in the mix. Senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News Mary Agnes Carey is here as always to analyze what may be on the table for discussion ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deadline to Sign Up or Renew Medicare Benefits for 2013 is Approaching WSPA.com Seniors like Barbara Greenly were helping run a yard sale and of course keeping up with appearances but over lunch, the conversation turned to a big deadline coming up for Medicare coverage. "They have me taking something but it has a whole lot of side ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Insurers Wary Of Raising Medicare Age | TPMDC By Sahil Kapur The possibility that Democratic and Republican leaders will agree to slowly increase the Medicare eligibility age to 67 is creating strange bedfellows: liberals — both in and out of Congress — and the health insurance industry. TPMDC | ||
| Chris Hayes: Boehner's Medicare plan less popular than mandatory ... By Eric W. Dolan Hayes joked that forcing Americans to wed someone of the same gender would probably be more popular than Boehner's plan to reform Medicare. He noted that recent polling had found 79 percent of Americans wanted Congress to leave the ... The Raw Story | ||
| Cost savings or cost shifting on Medicare | Biz Beat Blog By Jim Landers One idea for curbing the expense of Medicare – raising the eligibility age from 65 to 67 – was criticized Tuesday as cost shifting rather than saving money. Cutting Americans aged 65 and 66 from Medicare's rolls at some point in the future ... Biz Beat Blog | ||
| Still a Few Days Left for Seniors to Review, Change Medicare Drug ... By Rose Hoban Every year, Medicare gives beneficiaries time to change their medical and drug plans. Advocates say seniors should compare plans, because they can save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars by switching. By Rose Hoban. Every year ... North Carolina Health News |
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| Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: How to Choose - US News and ... Should you opt for government-offered Medicare or go with a "Medicare Part C" alternative? health.usnews.com/.../how-to-choose-between-medicare-and-... | ||
| U.S. Medicare Advantage: Managing care and competition Enrollees in Medicare Advantage plans show lower and likely more appropriate use of services than those in traditional Medicare, suggesting potential for more ... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203163532.htm | ||
| Cut Medicare and Social Security? What's the rush? - mcall.com Because economic projections for a year or two from now, let alone 20 or 70 years, are useless, it's best to resist being pressured to act now on 'entitlements.' www.mcall.com/.../la-fi-hiltzik-20121202,0,3366309.column |
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