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| Medicare drug costs to fall in 2014, but donut hole widens Reuters Overall, enrollees can expect a year of flat or decreasing Medicare prescription drug costs, according to data released last week by the federal government. The government said Medicare's per-beneficiary drug costs fell 4 percent last year. As a result ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brill: Make health care more like Medicare MarketWatch (blog) And the epic article winds its way around an interesting thesis: While the steady growth of Medicare spending is a public-policy problem—along with Medicaid, Brill writes, it's "what's driving the federal deficit"—the health-care system would be in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Krauthammer's Take: On Medicare Expansion, GOP Governors Can Act ... National Review Online (blog) Responding to the controversy stirred up by Florida governor Rick Scott's decision to expand his state's Medicaid program under Obamacare despite his opposition to the healthcare law, Charles Krauthammer said that he understands Scott's decision. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three Reasons Why Medicare Cost-Shifting Is the Wrong Solution Huffington Post The president opened last week's State of the Union address calling for "modest" changes to contain Medicare costs. One of the president's primary audiences, Congress, faces a series of deadlines in the coming months, including automatic spending cuts ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Insurers: Cuts to Medicare Advantage will hit poor, minorities The Hill (blog) "Medicare Advantage is a lifeline for millions of low-income and minority Medicare beneficiaries who rely on the high-quality coverage and innovative programs and services these plans provide," AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni said in a statement. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Schumer: 'Flawed Medicare law' forces seniors to overpay for rehab The Hill (blog) Currently, Medicare only covers post-acute care in a skilled nursing home facility if a patient has three consecutive days of hospitalization as an inpatient. Schumer's Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act would allow "observation" stays to be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GOP Super PAC Hits House Dems on Medicare National Journal (blog) The Congressional Leadership Fund, a leading Republican super PAC focused on House races, is out with its first, health care-themed hit of the 2014 election cycle this morning, tying 11 House Democrats to upcoming rate cuts for privately-run Medicare ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Exclusive: An interview with Marilyn Tavenner, Obama's pick to head Medicare Washington Post (blog) For over a year now, Marilyn Tavenner has run the federal government's largest agency: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With a budget of nearly $1 trillion, Tavenner oversees everything from the implementation of the Affordable Care Act ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| CBO | How Have CBO's Projections of Spending for Medicare and ... In its most recent baseline projections, CBO reduced its estimates of spending for the Medicare and Medicaid programs compared with its estimates in the August 2012 baseline. For the 2013–2022 period, projected spending for those ... ExcitingAds! Gov | ||
| How big is Medicare fraud? « Bankrate, Inc. By Jennie Phipps The FBI estimates that in 2012, the cost of Medicare fraud ranged from $75 billion to $250 billion -- big bucks anyway you add it up. Bankrate.com | ||
| Aggeus Healthcare blames doctor for Medicare suspension - Health ... Your journal for Chicago area real estate business news, trends, events and public records data. Chicago Business News | ||
| Concurring Opinions » Comparing Aetna and Medicare: $30 vs. $4 ... By Frank Pasquale They're the Medicare claims processors . . . . Medicare's total management, administrative and processing expenses are about $3.8 billion for processing more than a billion claims a year worth $550 billion. That's an overall administrative and ... Concurring Opinions |
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| Medicare benefit structure to receive House hearing - The Hill The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Medicare's. thehill.com/.../283853-medicare-benefit-structure-to-receive-h... |
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