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Saturday, February 16, 2013

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News10 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare Drug Costs to Be Reduced for Seniors, US Says
Bloomberg
The elderly and disabled enrolled in Medicare will pay less for drugs next year and insurers that offer plans with extra benefits will see taxpayer subsidies reduced because of record low spending growth, the U.S. said. The standard deductible for ...
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Medicare says drug refills shouldn't be done without patient's OK
Los Angeles Times
In a lengthy document detailing proposed updates for companies participating in Medicare plans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it had received "complaints that beneficiaries have had medications delivered that had been previously ...
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Van Hollen Would Weigh Medicare Cuts as Part of Tax Deal
Businessweek
U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen scoffed at House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's recent bid to remake the Republican Party as little more than public relations while expressing a willingness to consider one Republican proposal to restructure Medicare.
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GOP targets Lew over Medicare spending
The Hill (blog)
Lew, who is now White House chief of staff, would become chairman of the Medicare trustees if he is confirmed to lead Treasury. Republicans said he was responsible for meeting the requirements of the Medicare warning in his earlier role as White House ...
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Groups Clamor for Medicare Rx Drug Savings
MedPage Today
The Medicare drug benefit, known as Part D, is delivered by private insurers through free-standing drug plans. Those plans negotiate their prices with the drugmakers. The prices are higher than what is paid by Medicaid, whose prices are more restricted ...
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MedPage Today
Van Hollen: Dems may consider Medicare cuts
The Hill (blog)
In an interview with Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," Van Hollen said he might support a proposal to combine Medicare's parts A and B, which cover hospitals' and doctors' services, in order to eliminate waste from the program ...
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State Farm to take all Medicare-eligible retirees off its medical coverage
Bloomington Pantagraph
Open enrollment for Medicare-eligible retirees will begin in mid-March, and the company said it's confident the problems that emerged during an initial attempt at transition in 2011 have since been resolved. Assistance in finding new coverage again ...
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Malkin: Democrats heart Medicare fraudsters
Human Events
Hey, remember when President Obama crusaded against Medicare fraud and vowed to crack down aggressively on scammers who've bilked the program out of an estimated $90 billion? Like Archie and Edith Bunker used to sing: Those were the daaaays.
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Human Events
Van Hollen Open to Medicare Cuts in a Tax Deal (Transcript)
Businessweek
VAN HOLLEN: Yes, if it was structured the right way. And the big difference, Al, between the Republican approach to Medicare reductions and the Democratic approach, Republicans want to simply pass on these rising health care costs in the form of ...
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Partners HealthCare takes $76M Medicare charge, posts operating loss
Boston Business Journal
Partners HealthCare, parent organization of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, reported an operating loss for the quarter ending Dec. 31, due to a one-time $76 million Medicare charge taken by the organization. Medicare is ...
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Blogs2 new results for Medicare
 
Michelle Malkin » Democrats Heart Medicare Fraudsters
By Michelle Malkin
Hey, remember when President Obama crusaded against Medicare fraud and vowed to crack down aggressively on scammers who've bilked the program out of an estimated $90 billion? Like Archie and Edith Bunker used to sing: Those were ...
Michelle Malkin
The Hill: Liberal groups push for lower Medicare drug prices | Health ...
By Will O'Neill
A coalition of liberal groups is launching a campaign to allow federal officials to negotiate drug prices in Medicare, arguing the move will save billions of federal dollars every year. The government is prohibited from bargaining for Medicare ...
Health Care for America Now

Web2 new results for Medicare
 
Obama on Medicare reform « Bankrate, Inc.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama outlined his plan to put Medicare on a more secure financial footing.
www.bankrate.com/financing/.../obama-on-medicare-reform/
Obamacare and the Medicare Trust Fund | NCPA
Psychology Today: The Affordable Care Act benefits special interest groups like AARP, instead of the people it is supposed to help, says NCPA President John ...
www.ncpa.org/.../obamacare-and-the-medicare-trust-fund


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