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Thursday, March 7, 2013

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News9 new results for Medicare
 
Did You Really Pay For Your Medicare Benefits?
Forbes
Time after time during Election Year 2012, seniors and near-seniors reacted to the slightest mention of Medicare reform with indignation and the emphatic insistence, "Don't you dare touch Medicare; I've paid for it!" There is only one problem with that ...
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Making the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nonpartisan
Washington Post
But as health-care costs have grown and Washington has taken on more financial responsibility for them, a once-obscure civilian agency has surpassed them both: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, which is part of the Department of ...
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New Idea on Tweaking Medicare Eligibility
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 from 65 is a third-rail for many Democrats, who argue that it could leave some seniors without access to insurance. It's also difficult to do without disrupting the implementation of the federal health-care ...
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House GOP debates changing Medicare sooner than they'd planned
Los Angeles Times
The Medicare overhaul for the next generation of seniors will be a centerpiece of Ryan's budget -- and fodder for Democrats' criticism. Some Republicans indicated the party was more inclined to stick to its original plan rather than impose the new ...
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Buena Park doctor convicted of Medicare fraud
OCRegister
A jury has convicted a Buena Park physician of six counts of health care fraud for nearly $3 million in fraudulent claims to the Medicare system. Dr. Augustus Ohemeng, 62, faces a maximum of 60 years in federal prison when he is sentenced June 17 by U ...
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Medicare phone scams target the elderly
Austin News
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Hellen Von Miller was just minding her business one day when the phone rang. "It was a very compelling call, sounded legitimate," Von Miller recalled. "'You will be receiving a new Medicare card in the mail, I just need to verify your ...
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Obama, Republicans conspire to attack Medicare, Social Security
World Socialist Web Site
A week after the start of the $1.2 trillion budget cut known as the "sequester," the Obama administration and top Republicans are seeking a deal to sharply cut Medicare and Social Security. President Barack Obama has initiated what commentators called ...
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Scheme uses Medicare to target seniors
kjrh.com
"She said we're redoing medicare cards and we need some information." The Oklahoma Bankers Association says callers try to scare seniors into thinking they'll lose their Medicare, if they don't cooperate. The crooks can get a lot of your personal ...
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Ryan dropping Medicare age shift
Janesville Gazette
Ryan's plan is expected to lock in cuts to agency budgets, and curb the future growth of benefit programs like food stamps and Medicaid and contain a controversial proposal to turn Medicare into a voucher-like program for seniors younger than 55. Ryan ...
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Blogs3 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare Inpatient Profitability in US Hospitals | Visual.ly
By thunderfactory
Medicare patients often account for the largest proportion of inpatient volume for an average US hospital. With the exception of outlier cases, Medica.
Visual.ly
The campaign to save medicare is in full swing. Next up: April Lobby ...
By Council-of-Canadians
The Council of Canadians and our medicare allies are organizing a national lobby the week of April 8 to ask members of Parliament to support the 2014 Health Accord. So far the Harper government has ignored the call of premiers to talk ...
rabble.ca
Florida Hospital Repays $3M to Medicare While Overbilling ...
By molly@beckersasc.com (Molly Gamble)
Florida Hospital in Orlando has repaid $3 million to Medicare, a move seen by prosecutors as corroborating overbilling allegations and by hospital officials as the result of a routine audit, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
Becker's Hospital Review

Web4 new results for Medicare
 
Health Insurers Launch TV Campaign Opposing Medicare ...
The ads, including a 30-second TV spot that will run in a dozen states and Washington, D.C., are designed to increase pressure on Congress and the Obama ...
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily.../medicare-advantage.aspx
Health insurers launch TV war over Medicare Advantage cuts ...
From Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The health insurance industry is escalating its lobbying battle against a proposed Medicare Advantage pay cut to ...
news.yahoo.com/health-insurers-launch-tv-war-over-medicare...
Paul Ryan changes Medicare plan
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is floating a plan that would force Medicare cuts onto people aged 56 and younger, breaking a campaign ...
www.jsonline.com/.../paul-ryan-advocates-medicare-cuts-for-t...
Rep. Paul Ryan's new Medicare cutoff: 56 - The Hill
He said that the change must be made and that it is better to adopt it now than next year. Rep.
thehill.com/homenews/.../286695-ryans-new-medicare-cutoff-...


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