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| Medicare Needs Fixing, but Not Right Now New York Times Medicare spending is growing faster — stretched by baby boomers stepping out of the work force and into retirement. But its pace has slowed markedly, too. Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office said that by 2020 Medicare spending would be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Should Benefits Be Means-Tested? New York Times Medicare is our most successful medical care program, more successful than Medicaid. In each instance the program available without means-testing works better, without stigma and with general approval and political support. Means-testing turns ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Reducing readmission could save Medicare billions a year The Seattle Times (blog) Thank you for highlighting Whatcom and Pierce counties' important work to reduce readmissions ["Innovative steps keep patients out of hospital," page one, Feb. 17]. Preventing avoidable readmissions is one focus of the Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Miami businessman who stole millions from Medicare sentenced to 14 years MiamiHerald.com A local businessman who moved his mental-health treatment chain from Miami-Dade to North Carolina after the feds suspected him of scamming Medicare was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday and ordered to reimburse the taxpayer-funded ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Squeezing Medicare Advantage National Review Online (blog) But the Obama administration doesn't want to talk about its own devastating cuts in Medicare. On Friday, February 15, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced $716 billion in cuts over the next ten years. Instead of being put ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Restructuring Cost Sharing and Supplemental Insurance for Medicare Brookings Institution In this policy proposal — part of The Hamilton Project's 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget — Jonathan Gruber proposes reforms to Medicare cost sharing that insures consumers against high out-of-pocket costs, aligns the costs faced by consumers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pressure Points: The Sequester and Medicare Reimbursements Roll Call A New York-based chapter of the Service Employees International Union says seniors and low-income patients will be hurt by the sequester's automatic spending cuts that would reduce Medicare payments to teaching hospitals and outpatient clinics. See all stories on this topic » |
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| Medicare Uncovered: What's in a name? : Columbia Journalism ... National Journal's Margot Sanger-Katz picked up a juicy Washington tidbit worth passing on to healthcare reporters and interested readers. The GOP has designed brand new language that pretties up the notion of Medicare vouchers. Columbia Journalism Review | ||
| Dietitians Using Medicare Reform to Monopolize Hospital Nutrition ... By ANH-USA It won't help hospital food, already notoriously bad, to outlaw advice from the most qualified nutritionists. Action Alert! Medicare claims to be reforming some of its rules in order to get rid of unnecessary or burdensome regulations. But this has ... The Alliance for Natural Health USA |
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