Medicare Part B Premiums To Be Higher In 2007
The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will increase in 2007 to $93.50 from $88.50. This amounts to a 5.6% monthly premium increase which is the smallest since 2001. For the first time, higher income beneficiaries will pay a
A Test Case for the Dems: Big Pharma or Medicare B
Early in the Bush administration Big Pharma pushed the new Medicare drug benefit Next, Big Pharma contends that if Medicare tries to negotiate lower drug prices, Big Pharma also says that if Medicare gets much lower drug prices,
Discrimination exists in Medicare, big time!
If a person with Medicare who has cancer goes to an oncologist for chemotherapy, If a person with Medicare needs to get an MRI at a doctor's office, One in five older adults and over half of people with Medicare because of a
Medicare Fraud Settlement pdf
The owners of a former San Diego psychiatric hospital have been found liable after trial for more than $23 million in damages and penalties for submitting false claims to the federal Medicare program
Are You LinkedIn?
My job before this was as a Medicare part B salesman. The company went out of business (after I left) and I don't remember too many people outside of my boss (who was great, but apparently doesn't have a LinkedIn profile.
Means-testing and Medicare
Today's NY Times reports on the introduction of means-testing into the Medicare system. Dartmouth economist Andrew Samwick is on the case. Click here for my views on the topic
Democratic Medicare Drug Reforms Could Save Seniors Billions of
“Democratic members of Congress have proposed reforms of the Medicare drug benefit that could save the average senior almost $500 per year and eliminate the donut hole, without any increased costs to the taxpayer.”
Medicare and the Uninsured
So, why not give employers the option of providing low-cost coverage to their workers through a new public program modeled after Medicare? If employers want to provide comparable private coverage, they can. But if they don't provide
Medicare premiums to increase
Sep 15, 2006: Monthly premiums for Medicare Part B medical coverage will rise by 5.6 percent to $93.50 in 2007, officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said this week
The Last Chance to Preserve Seniors’ Access to Care
This week is Congress’ last chance to stop Medicare payment cuts to doctors and preserve seniors’ access to health care. If Congress fails to act, the American Medical Association (AMA) fears that Medicare patients will lose access to
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