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Friday, April 12, 2013

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News9 new results for Medicare
 
Obama to raise upper-income seniors' Medicare premiums
CBS News
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday.
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CBS News
Is Walden right about Obama and cuts to Social Security and Medicare?
Fox News
Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) is calling President Obama's budget proposals a "shocking attack on seniors." Rep. Walden is head of the House GOP's campaign committee. He clearly wants to hurt Democrats with senior voters in the upcoming 2014 ...
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Medicare cap may drive NB physicians away
Vancouver Sun
Wed, Mar 27: In the budget the Alward government announced a cap on medicare billings by doctors. That has some questioning if the province can retain its current physicians, let alone attract new ones to the province. Global's Emily Baron Cadloff reports.
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Additional Medicare Cuts Will Affect Access to Cancer Care
Medscape
"This emerging crisis underscores the fact that Medicare's system of reimbursement for cancer care is deeply flawed," she said in a statement. "Our country needs payment approaches that maintain patient access and focus on supporting high-quality, ...
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Medscape
US tweaks sliding scale for wealthier Medicare recipients
Reuters
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget would raise $50 billion over 10 years by increasing monthly premiums for wealthier Medicare recipients and tweaking the sliding scale on which the premiums are calculated, according to details ...
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MEDICARE: Get what you need from your Medicare drug plan
Red Bluff Daily News
In both of these cases, you as a Medicare beneficiary have the right to formally request that your Part D plan cover your drug or charge you less. This is called filing for an exception. You can ask for an exception if: * You or your prescriber (a ...
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Obama budget is a disaster for drugmakers
Washington Post (blog)
Medicare Part D, which covers prescriptions for seniors, does have the power to negotiate with drug companies. But that same OIG report found that that tends to lead to smaller discounts: 19 percent vs. the 45 percent reduction that Medicaid receives.
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Bidding will lower medical-supplies prices for Medicare patients
Columbus Dispatch
Medicare officials acknowledge that the government and Medicare beneficiaries have long overpaid for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and other supplies. Competitive bidding authorized by Congress should change that, said Jonathan ...
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Medicare Is Investigating Possible Rates Leak, Tavenner Says
San Francisco Chronicle
Health insurance stocks surged on April 1 before the official government announcement on new Medicare rates, shining a spotlight on the ties among Congress, U.S. agencies and certain investment advisers. At issue is a private e-mail from a politically ...
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Blogs3 new results for Medicare
 
Obama's budget would raise Medicare premiums of rich | The Salt ...
Washington • President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed ...
All - The Salt Lake Tribune
Obama Proposes Medicare "Means Testing" Overhaul
Would give government more revenue by raising premiums on upper-income seniors.
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National Committee to Perserve Social Security and Medicare - Care2
By Dandelion G.
The National Committee is one of the most effective and trustworthy sources for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid advocacy since 1982.
Care2 News Network

Web1 new result for Medicare
 
Medicare.gov Supplier Directory Tool
Search for supplies and products within the competitive bidding and non- competitive bidding areas.
www.medicare.gov/supplierdirectory/


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