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- Herger opposes Medicare bill - until it passes 6 Jul 2008 13:31 GMT
... against a bill that would prevent 10.6 percent cuts in doctors' fees for treating Medicare patients. The bill passed by a lopsided, veto-proof margin with most Republicans and all ...
- Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda 6 Jul 2008 13:30 GMT
... summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists. Gasoline prices have ...
- Mortgage relief, doctors' fees, terrorist eavesdropping top lawmakers' to-do list 6 Jul 2008 13:13 GMT
... summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists. Gasoline prices have ...
- Congress' long to-do list 6 Jul 2008 13:05 GMT
... summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists. Gasoline prices have ...
- Workers who blew the whistle on their employers split millions 6 Jul 2008 12:50 GMT
... other cities — to keep patients overnight. That allowed medical providers to charge the Medicare system up to $10,000 per procedure. In May, officials of the corporate successor to ...
- Covering the Bases: Medicare's rules for rehabilitative care 6 Jul 2008 12:50 GMT
... to a skilled nursing care facility for rehabilitation. Before we agree to this, will Medicare cover this stay? A: Medicare helps to pay for care in a certified skilled ...
- Getting a lift a dime at a time with can, bottle drives 6 Jul 2008 12:30 GMT
... me in a more upright position," she said. But Overly's problem is that while Medicare covers durable medical equipment, it doesn't cover that type of equipment. Because her paralysis ...
- A senator who said no to change 6 Jul 2008 12:30 GMT
... American dream. The “No” came to mean opposition to everything from foreign aid to Medicare. (His opposition to AIDS funding eventually softened with a nudge from rock star Bono.) ...
- Getting a lift a dime at a time 6 Jul 2008 12:30 GMT
... me in a more upright position," she said. But Overly's problem is that while Medicare covers durable medical equipment, it doesn't cover that type of equipment. Because her paralysis ...
- Congress begins final summer push 6 Jul 2008 12:11 GMT
... summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists. Gasoline prices have ...
- Sweeping problems under the rug 6 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT
... of aging by curbing government benefits for wealthier retirees and raising Social Security and Medicare eligibility ages. We could refashion immigration policy to favor skilled over unskilled immigrants, because ...
- Ford "Fire Sale": A Crystal Ball for America 6 Jul 2008 11:51 GMT
... more strain onto taxpayers. In the end, there will be very little funds for Medicare or Medicaid, while the buying power of Social Security continues its slide. If fiscal ...
- Numbers in wallets 6 Jul 2008 11:31 GMT
... very far to see who's ignoring its advice on preventing identity theft. The nation's Medicare agency and the Pentagon want at least 52 million Americans to carry their Social ...
- Woodlawn cleared of wrongdoing in 82-year-old's fall from window 6 Jul 2008 11:17 GMT
... among 131 nursing homes nationwide with poor inspection records, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency. Stewart said Woodlawn's annual ODH survey was completed ...
- Workers who blew whistle split millions 6 Jul 2008 11:16 GMT
... other cities — to keep patients overnight. That allowed medical providers to charge the Medicare system up to $10,000 per procedure. In May, officials of the corporate successor to ...
- Dick Durbin, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, says GOP blocking health care for military, elderly 6 Jul 2008 10:51 GMT
... don't like the bill because it includes offsetting cuts to insurance companies that use Medicare money to offer private health care coverage to about 20 percent of seniors. The ...
- Thieves can steal medical identity 6 Jul 2008 10:51 GMT
... "You're not in a position to say you don't want to give them a Medicare number." Consumers have some ways to protect medical identity, said Alex Johnson, a former ...
- CardioDynamics F2Q08 (Quarter End 5/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript 6 Jul 2008 10:31 GMT
... business back on a growth path following the declining years that resulted from the Medicare Hypertension Reimbursement Restriction. Sales growth in the second quarter was driven by a 20% ...
- Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts 6 Jul 2008 10:30 GMT
... military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts. Durbin, D-Ill., used a Saturday national radio address to call on Republicans to ...
- Thieves can steal medical identity 6 Jul 2008 10:30 GMT
... "You're not in a position to say you don't want to give them a Medicare number." Consumers have some ways to protect medical identity, said Alex Johnson, a former ...
- Ford "Fire Sale": A Crystal Ball for America 6 Jul 2008 09:57 GMT
... more strain onto taxpayers. In the end, there will be very little funds for Medicare or Medicaid, while the buying power of Social Security continues its slide. If fiscal ...
- Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma 6 Jul 2008 09:57 GMT
... be financially incentivized. And it is often quite hard for insurance companies to intervene.” Medicare requires that the doctor or hospital buying Avastin be paid an amount equal to ...
- Staffing additions few in new budget 6 Jul 2008 09:55 GMT
... helped along, though, by the N.C. General Assembly’s decision to cut counties’ responsibility for Medicare in exchange for a larger share of property taxes. Somehow, it all worked out ...
- The coming burden 6 Jul 2008 09:55 GMT
... they both work.
A year in a nursing home can cost more than $70,000. Medicare does not pay for nursing homes, and the Milnes make too much to qualify ...
- Doing battle with a dreadful disease 6 Jul 2008 09:55 GMT
... and increasing dependence and often scrambling to find and afford institutional care.
Until 2002, Medicare coverage didn't extend to Alzheimer's. Federal officials said treatment was futile. But researchers have ...
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