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| Federal Medicare report unnerves rural hospitals Macon Telegraph (blog) ATLANTA -- Small hospitals in parts of rural Georgia benefit from higher Medicare payments on the grounds that they are a lifeline for otherwise isolated patients. A new federal report recommends a cost-cutting reconsideration of that program, but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Congress should refrain from tampering with Medicare Part D The Hill (blog) In the coming weeks in Washington and in the states, we will all see a significant focus on the subject of healthcare in the context of a push in Congress to defund Obamacare and the political crossfire over the implementation of state health exchanges. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare: Recipients Pay for Hamburger, They Get a Hamburger, but Taxpayers ... Town Hall One of the challenges of good entitlement reform (or even bad entitlement reform) is that recipients think they've "earned" benefits. If you tell them that programs such as Medicare are unsustainable and need to be changed, some of them suspect you're ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Patients at mercy of Medicare's codes Boston Globe For more than two months this summer, a soft-spoken grandmother in her 60s with a family history of breast cancer — whom I'll call Diane to protect her privacy — tried to get answers to two basic questions from the government: Will Medicare cover her ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The media's complicity in cutting Social Security and Medicare OpEdNews Most people in the United States have probably heard about the Wall Street efforts to cut Social Security and Medicare. There is a vast list of organizations such as Campaign to Fix the Debt, the Can Kicks Back, Third Way, and many more that have, as a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The $18B Impact of Medicare Hospital Readmissions (Infographic) HIT Consultant Infographic illustrates the $18 billion dollar impact of unnecessary hospital readmissions impact on Medicare due to poor follow up. Medicare will go bankrupt in 10 years, even sooner by less optimistic estimates. One of the largest contributors to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| VIEW FROM AWAY: Scooter Store saga a warning to Medicare cheats Morning Sentinel At one time, the Scooter Store was the largest private employer in New Braunfels, Texas. It had more than 2,400 employees with national distribution. Its TV advertisements targeted the elderly and infirm, promising mobility and freedom -- all covered ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Orangeburg outranks others with fewer problems for Medicare patients The Times and Democrat The Consumer Reports study also looked at hospitals' patient outcomes, patient experiences and hospital practices and ranked them from better to worse among hospitals in the state. Here is the how the Regional Medical Center ranked among its state ... See all stories on this topic » |
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