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| Report: Mental health drugs vital for Medicare patients USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- Medicare consumers with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are hospitalized less often if they maintain access to their medications when they hit the coverage gap for prescription drugs, according to a study released today. This has led to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Invitation to a Dialogue: Fix Medicare to Save It New York Times As a result, the Medicare trustees in their most recent report issued a "Medicare funding warning" again, for the sixth straight year. Yet despite the looming crisis, before lawmakers start cutting benefits, raising premiums or increasing taxes, let's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Proposed 2014 Medicare Advantage rates cut insurer payments Reuters "These changes will disrupt coverage for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when evidence clearly demonstrates that Medicare Advantage provides higher-quality care than the fee-for-service part of Medicare," Karen Ignagni, president of America ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare patients sentenced to prison for taking bribes from Miami home care ... MiamiHerald.com Of the thousands of people convicted of Medicare fraud in South Florida, only a handful have been patients who took bribes. On Tuesday in Miami federal court, three beneficiaries were sentenced to prison for accepting $600 a month in kickbacks for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health Insurers Tumble Amid Medicare Proposal Wall Street Journal Shares in Humana Inc. and other major health insurers fell Tuesday after analysts said a government proposal for Medicare Advantage rates in 2014 is unfavorable for the companies. The late-Friday proposal is open to outside comments until March 1 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Insurer stocks slip over possible Medicare cuts Huffington Post Health insurance stocks wobbled Tuesday after data released by the federal government pointed to possible steep Medicare Advantage payment cuts in 2014, which could lead to reduced coverage or fewer options for people buying the plans. The Centers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Here Comes The Boom: CMS Slashes Medicare Advantage; 'Disarray For Many ... Forbes Though Democrats denied it during the 2012 campaign, Obamacare cut Medicare by $716 billion in order to partially fund $1.9 trillion in new entitlement spending over the next ten years. A big chunk of those Medicare cuts came from the market-oriented ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Insurers, Investors Should Have Seen Medicare Cuts Coming Fox Business Reinhardt said private insurers have profited handsomely for years from their participation in Medicare Advantage, a program in which commercial insurers provide Medicare coverage to millions of elderly Americans. In fact, the government had ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Melgen, Menendez throw spotlight on Medicare, Medicaid fraud ... By Mary Lou Byrd The federal investigation into the relationship between Democratic donor Dr. Salomon Melgen and Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) has exposed the rampant culture of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, which by some estimates cost taxpayers as ... Washington Free Beacon |
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