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| Feds targeting Medicare fraud, political corruption in probes of eye doctor ... MiamiHerald.com The high-profile federal raid on a South Florida ophthalmologist's office was more about potential Medicare fraud than about U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a longtime friend of Dr. Salomon Melgen. Joining FBI agents on the two-day raid at the doctor's West ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare to adjust payment for dialysis drugs after overspending millions Washington Post The Washington Post. The Medicare system is recalculating how much it will reimburse hospitals and clinics for the drugs used to treat dialysis patients after federal auditors found recently that the program could save as much as $880 million annually. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US expects big Medicare savings from competitive bid program Reuters Medicare is forecast to spend $598 billion this year on benefits for 50 million elderly and disabled beneficiaries. Its finances will come under mounting pressure, as the beneficiary population hits 80 million and spending tops 7 percent of the U.S ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How to cut $9.4 trillion from Medicare, in 150 easy steps! Washington Post (blog) Legislators may struggle to build political consensus or popular support for Medicare reform, but as of Wednesday, they won't stumble because of a lack of policy options. On Wednesday morning, the Kaiser Family Foundation released its most ambitious ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Medicare recipients may face large bill for care Pittsburgh Post Gazette Medicare recipients who need more time to recuperate after leaving the hospital could be hit with unexpected expenses if they don't qualify for the standard 20-day stay in a nursing home because their four-day hospitalization was billed as an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Medicare Panel Says Alzheimer's Brain Scans May Not Help Bloomberg Advanced brain scans to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease may be denied coverage by Medicare after a U.S. advisory panel said it isn't confident the tests will improve the health of people in the program. The panel voted today at a meeting in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare scam targets seniors AZFamily And just like that, many seniors gladly tell the scammer whatever he needs and it starts with the person's Medicare number, which is usually the person's Social Security number. "I think as elderly people, we are more vulnerable because they see us as ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| What Medicare doesn't cover « Bankrate, Inc. By Jennie Phipps Medicare doesn't cover everything, including expensive items such as hearing aids and dentures. You'll need a plan to pay for these. Bankrate.com |
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| New on your W-2: health plan payments Boston Globe One survey says the yearly premium for employer-sponsored coverage averages $5,615 for a single person. As workers open their W-2 forms, many will see a new box with information on the total cost of employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Most Ominous Sign Yet Health Insurance Premiums Will Explode Forbes Now comes the most ominous sign yet health insurance premiums are going way up: Most health insurers in the individual market have stopped guaranteeing a person's premiums for a year. And as one commentator quipped: they aren't doing it because they ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Buying health coverage is insanely confusing. Can Obamacare fix that? Washington Post (blog) Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| W-2 forms now listing health care costs San Francisco Chronicle Employees have some new information on their W-2 forms for 2012 - the cost of their employer-provided health insurance. This amount shows up in box 12 with the code DD. It includes what the employer and employee paid in premiums last year. To find out ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Health Care Law and Retirement Savings New York Times (blog) These well-understood tax benefits of pension plans will change a year from now if the act is implemented as planned. Under the act, wages and salaries of people receiving health insurance in the law's new "insurance exchanges" will be subject to an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students call for end to UC health insurance cap San Francisco Chronicle But it does not apply to self-funded health care plans like UC's in which the university takes on the financial risk of medical costs as opposed to purchasing a group policy from a health insurance company. An estimated 30 universities and systems ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa-Asia Forum On Role of Health Insurance in Universal Coverage AllAfrica.com Representatives from Ministries of Finance and Health, national health insurance authorities and development partners, as well as experts and practitioners from Asia and Africa are to meet in South Africa next month at a forum on the role of health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama didn't 'nationalize' U.S. health care system Asbury Park Press Those of us who have health insurance through our employer still buy it from private health insurance companies, who tell us what doctors we can see, what treatments are allowed by those doctors and what drugs we can take. The same will be true for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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