Giving a 100% - Keeping it 100

Monday, April 8, 2013

Google Alert - Medicare

News9 new results for Medicare
 
Obama's 'bad Samaritan' budget
Washington Post
President Obama is including cuts to Social Security and Medicare in his new budget , due to be sent to Congress this week. These cuts, argues Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor under President Clinton, will hurt seniors already burdened by ...
See all stories on this topic »
New Medicare cuts threaten non-profit hospitals - Moody's
Reuters
Sequestration called for slicing 2 percent from reimbursements paid by the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly, beginning on April 1. That will likely lower the revenues of hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers by $11 ...
See all stories on this topic »
What new Medicare rates mean for patients
MarketWatch
The announcement last week that Medicare Advantage reimbursement rates would increase, rather than decrease as originally planned, was a big boon to insurance companies and sent stock prices soaring. But experts say patients will be no better off.
See all stories on this topic »

MarketWatch
Medicare and Big Business
New York Times
"Medicare Shift May Lead Way to Budget Pact" (front page, March 29) held out hope for a bipartisan deal to fix Medicare. America's business leaders believe that would be a good thing. Medicare — a program designed in a different era that does not ...
See all stories on this topic »
Here are four questions senators should ask Obama's Medicare nominee
Washington Post (blog)
Enter Marilyn Tavenner, who has served as acting Medicare administrator for about 18 months now. She comes from a background in the private sector, having served as the chief executive of a Virginia hospital before running the state's health and human ...
See all stories on this topic »
Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The Seattle Times
Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care. The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program - the military's health care system. By DONNA CASSATA ...
See all stories on this topic »
Don't leave Medicare choices up to seniors
Washington Post
The April 5 editorial "Looking for leadership on Medicare" supported the concept that seniors must have "skin in the game" to facilitate cost control. Presumably, The Post means that patients should face some type of financial disincentive for choosing ...
See all stories on this topic »
Cancer clinics denying Medicare patients due to sequester
EHRIntelligence.com
April may be National Cancer Control Month, but thousands of Medicare patients suffering from the disease are finding themselves turned away from community clinics due to the expensive treatments they need, with providers blaming the 2% Medicare ...
See all stories on this topic »
Report Shows Medicare Means Massive Profits for Drug Companies
The Bradenton Times
The report was the result of an analysis of corporate filings by Health Care for America Now (HCAN). The group claims that the global pharmaceutical industry derived much of that profit from "price-gouging" the Medicare Part D prescription drug program ...
See all stories on this topic »

The Bradenton Times

Blogs2 new results for Medicare
 
How Obama's budget threatens Security, Medicare & Medicaid
By Gaius Publius
Obama's upcoming budget threatens Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A look at the planned cuts to benefits, and why they're a bad idea.
AMERICAblog
Cutting Social Security and Medicare? That's the 'Middle'
By Peter Hart
CokieRoberts The new White House budget proposal is getting a lot of attention because it explicitly connects the Obama administration to an agenda that includes cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits. As the New York Times (4/5/13) ...
FAIR Blog

Web4 new results for Medicare
 
Rate Boost To Medicare Advantage Plans Powers Insurers' Stock ...
Health insurers led gains on Wall Street Tuesday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reversed plans to make payment cuts to Medicare ...
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/.../medicare-advantage-rates-and-st...
Obama's Budget Proposal: Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits ...
President Obama's budget proposal to be unveiled next week will include cuts to Social Security and Medicare, according to media reports Friday morning.
www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/05
Bad Policy: President Obama's Budget Cuts Social Security and ...
Yesterday the AFL-CIO learned President Obama's budget will cut Social Security and Medicare benefits for working families. The so-called "chained" CPI will ...
www.aflcio.org/.../Bad-Policy-President-Obama-s-Budget-Cuts...
Daily Kos: President Obama's budget will include cuts to Social ...
President Obama will present a budget next week that includes cuts to Social Security and ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-President-Obama-s-budget-will-include...


Tip: Use site restrict in your query to search within a site (site:nytimes.com or site:.edu). Learn more.

Delete this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Dirty Angels Media Group

Dirty Angels Media Group
Book the Dirty Angels for your next Media Event