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Monday, February 11, 2013

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News10 new results for Medicare
 
White House says 'no' to raising Medicare eligibility age
Fox News
The White House said definitively Monday it will not agree to increasing the eligibility age for Medicare as part of a deficit-reduction deal with congressional Republicans. Press Secretary Jay Carney suggested President Obama is willing to consider ...
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US crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud reaps $4.2 billion
The Courier-Journal
WASHINGTON — The federal government recovered a record $4.2 billion last fiscal year from medical providers and others who fraudulently billed government health care programs such as Medicare, setting a new record, the Obama administration ...
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Obama rules out raising Medicare eligibility age to cut spending
Yahoo! News (blog)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has ruled out raising the age that Americans become eligible for Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors, as a way to reduce the government's deficit, a White House spokesman said ...
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Yahoo! News (blog)
Fixing Medicare: Start By Eliminating Drug Makers' Sweetheart Deal, Not Benefits
Huffington Post
Not only does it affect health insurance premiums, but it also impacts the solvency of our Medicare system, which was expanded in 2006 to include a prescription drug benefit. That was good news for Medicare beneficiaries, of course, but even better ...
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Woman guilty of Medicare fraud
WCNC
Prosecutors alleged that Garnes, a licensed professional counselor who was approved by Medicare to provide mental and behavioral health services, conspired with Marible and Jackson, who were not licensed, to submit claims under Garnes' name and ...
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Can Medicare Slow the Hospital Revolving Door?
AARP News (blog)
Now Medicare has begun punishing hospitals with hefty fines if they have too many readmissions, and a top official says signs of improvement are beginning to emerge. "We're at a very promising moment," Medicare deputy administrator Jonathan Blum told ...
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AARP News (blog)
Endoscopy Institute of Hawaii gets Medicare certification
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
"Early detection is the key to preventing cancer and exactly why the Endoscopy Institute of Hawaii's Medicare certification is so critical," Dr. Cedric Lorenzo, the institute's medical director, said in a statement. "We need to reach every individual ...
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HEALTHBEAT: Medicare crackdown spurs innovative fixes to slow hospital ...
Washington Post (blog)
WASHINGTON — Michael Lee knew he was still in bad shape when he left the hospital five days after emergency heart surgery. But he was so eager to escape the constant prodding and the roommate's loud TV that he tuned out the nurses' care instructions.
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Medicare assistance program seeks volunteers
STLtoday.com
"Our trained, certified CLAIM volunteers make a significant difference in their neighbors' lives by helping them work through and understand their Medicare options, benefits and plan changes," said Carol Beahan, Director of CLAIM. "Our volunteers help ...
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Medicare Doctor Pay: Why Is It So Hard To Fix?
AARP News (blog)
While Democratic and Republican leaders say they do not want Medicare physicians' payments to be cut, there is often disagreement about how to offset the costs of a fix. But proponents of a change were buoyed by the recent report from the Congressional ...
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AARP News (blog)

Blogs3 new results for Medicare
 
White House Rules Out Raising Medicare Eligibility Age | TPMDC
By Sahil Kapur
The White House on Monday categorically ruled out raising the Medicare eligibility age as part of deficit reduction.
TPMDC
For Obama, Medicare Age Increase Off the Table, But Chained-CPI ...
By Jon Walker
Both the upcoming sequestration cuts and the end of the current continuing resolution will give President Obama another chance to push for a grand bargain.
FDL Action
Age Rating and Obamacare, More Proof Medicare for All was the ...
By Taylor Marsh
Note that this problem could have been averted for younger Americans had we lowered the Medicare age to 55 however this was not acceptable to the Congressional GOP. Smith cites Health Care Blog's Maggie Mahar, who first brought the ...
Taylor Marsh

Web1 new result for Medicare
 
Daily Kos: White House: No Medicare age increase, cut Social ...
This big deal will not include raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Instead of that, apparently ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-White-House-No-Medicare-age-increas...


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