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| Rush Limbaugh is wrong: The sequester does cut Medicare Washington Post (blog) Since I wrote a story Wednesday about cancer clinics turning away patients due to sequester cuts, I've received a number of e-mails like this one: "The fact is that the sequester does not touch Medicare." and "The sequester has NO cuts involved ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama must take the lead on Medicare reform Washington Post REFORMING MEDICARE must be part of long-term deficit reduction. Alas, between House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) plan to replace Medicare with a "premium support" and President Obama's refusal to countenance it, Washington is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rate boost to Medicare Advantage plans powers insurers' stock surge News-Medical.net Washington wants to get tough on spending-;but in the latest round of payment rates for private Medicare plans, insurers emerged victorious. Shares of health insurance companies soared Tuesday after federal officials scrapped proposed payment cuts to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Grassley probes early intel on Medicare Advantage shift The Hill (blog) Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking how a political intelligence firm learned about a major shift in Medicare policy before it was announced by the Obama administration. Grassley wrote to Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner Thursday seeking to find out ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Pre-Medicare informational program scheduled Scottsbluff Star Herald Pre-Medicare informational program scheduled 0 comments. ALLIANCE — Jeanne Murray, UNL extension educator and a Nebraska Senior Health Insurance Information Program volunteer, will host an informational presentation on pre-Medicare issues. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Medicare Misperceptions Create Tougher Task For Lawmakers Kaiser Health News The New York Times reports that public misunderstandings about the specifics of entitlement benefits make trimming Medicare spending more difficult. Meanwhile, Politico reports on an idea that might bridge the partisan divide that plagues these efforts. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Cancer Patients Denied Chemo Under Sequester Newsmax.com Lawmakers limited most of Medicare to spending cuts of 2 percent, far less than the cuts to other government programs. But because cancer drugs must be given by a physician, they are paid by the Medicare program that covers doctor visits and is not ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Sequester (GOP) Blamed for Medicare Woes, Not Obamacare ... RUSH: So the way this works is Obama can cut $700 billion out of Medicare, that doesn't hurt a thing. That doesn't cause anything, certainly nothing bad. But the sequester, which does not touch Medicare, is now causing doctors to start turning ... Rush Limbaugh - All Content | ||
| Daily Kos: Cancer patients on Medicare denied care at clinics ... By rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter) The sequester was not supposed to directly effect Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. In terms of benefits, that's pretty much true, but there's one very cruel exception: cancer treatments. The treatments are covered under Part B of Medicare ... Daily Kos | ||
| Prison Planet.com » Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of ... By admin Sarah Kliff Washington Post April 4, 2013. Cancer clinics across the country have begun turning away thousands of Medicare patients, blaming the sequester budget cuts. Oncologists say the reduced funding, which took effect for Medicare on ... Prison Planet.com | ||
| Thousands of Medicare patients lost chemotherapy because of ... By John Aravosis In one series of clinics in NY, over 5000 Medicare chemotherapy patients are now being turned away because of the sequester. Multiply that nationwide. AMERICAblog | ||
| Futurity.org – Do ERs measure up for Medicare bonuses? By Erin White-Northwestern (Credit: "wheelchairs parked" via Shutterstock). NORTHWESTERN (US) — For-profit hospitals outperform others in emergency department care—and will be more likely to get reimbursements under Medicare's new payment rules, researchers ... Futurity.org |
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