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Medicare fees to doctors to fall starting Tuesday
2008-06-30 13:45:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - One unpleasant task lawmakers will have over the July 4 recess is explaining to seniors why they didn’t stop a 10 percent fee cut, going into effect Tuesday, for doctors who treat Medicare patients. Physicians have been running ads hinting that patients may find doctors less willing to treat them. In a particularly vitriolic ...
By: TexasFred's
The 8th International Medical Exhibition & Conference - Syrian Medicare
2008-06-01 04:00:00 Event Title: Syrian Medicare 2008 Exhibition Date: 18 - 22 June 2008 Official Inauguration: Wed. 18 June 7:00 pm Venue: Fairground - Airport Road - Damascus - Syria Entering the Exhibition: (Trade & Medical Professionals only)Why Syrian Medicare 2008? Is Syrian Medicare 2008 a Must Attend Regional Event in the Medical-Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Calendar?Syria?s leading event, Syrian Medicare 2008, caters to the growing requests of the latest medical, dental, laboratory, pharmaceutical and hospital equipment and services. To its importance and in terms of its increase in space, exhibiting companies and ensuring high quality audience, the Syrian Medical Association Scientific Conference, Association of Syrian Pharmacists Scientific Conference and Syrian Dental Association Scientific Conference will be simultaneously integrated into Syrian Medicare 2008.Needless to say, this important medical gathering presents unparalleled access to some of the most talented and qualified spe...
Lifetime Medical Costs of Obesity Are Unlikely to Spur Obesity Prevention E
2008-05-30 12:31:00 Even with shorter life expectancies, the lifetime medical costs for obese individuals are greater than costs for non-obese individuals, but those costs are unlikely to spur obesity prevention efforts, according to a new study published by researchers at RTI International and Merck & Co. The study, published on-line in the journal Obesity, found that lifetime medical costs for moderately obese 20-year-olds range between $5,000 and $21,000 more than costs for normal weight individuals. For individuals with greater levels of obesity, the costs are higher, ranging from $15,000 to $29,000 more than for normal weight individuals. Obese White females had the highest lifetime medical costs for both groups. However, the authors note that these costs are unlikely to generate significant investments in obesity prevention efforts."Because individuals switch jobs every four to five years, employers are unlikely to reap the financial benefits of successful obesity interventions...
By: BasilandSpice
Free EMR Medicare
2008-05-21 16:51:00 By: John Deutsch, EMR Experts, Inc. (www.emrexperts.com)Published:- November 06, 2007Is anything ever free these days? Maybe so. Instigated by the incredibly slow adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by doctors across the nation, Medicare is announcing it will begin offering doctors free electronic medical record software solutions.Both upfront and ongoing costs have been critical factors in the lagging EMR adoption rate. Medicare hopes that by providing doctors with a free or very low-cost system, doctors will readily adopt EMR putting healthcare providers in America on a common system, thereby, providing Medicare and the general public with obvious, health, reporting and billing benefits.The proposed system is VistA, (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) the widely popular system built by the Veterans Administration.The adoption of VistA has resulted in the VA achieving a pharmacy prescription accuracy rate of 99.997%. Due to the implementation o...
Medicarerights.org - Medicare Rights Center
2008-05-18 20:44:00 A largest independent source of health care information and assistance in the United States is released as Medicarerights. Medicare rights center is the largest independent source of health care information and assistance in the United States for people with Medicare.It is founded in 1989, MRC helps older adults and people with disabilities get ...
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2008-05-10 22:41:00 If you are in need of medicare enrollment then you may want to check out Healthleaders-InterStudy which is a business information company that analyzes health plans according to geographic healthcare markets. They can give you the reports that you need to make a decision in your health care needs.... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
Medicare Cuts and Senior Citizen Health Care Coverage: When is Enough, Enou
2008-05-08 22:24:00 According to a HealthWorldWeb user, ?I’m concerned about the constant cycle of Medicare cuts to the doctors who treat our senior citizens. If these cuts go into effect, many doctors may be forced to stop seeing Medicare patients. All patients deserve access to health care, help preserve this country’s health care system. It only takes ...
By: Health World Web
McCain?s Medical Plans Make Matters Worse For the Insured and Medicare Pati
2008-04-30 22:03:00 There’s already been a lot of criticism of John McCain’s health care plan around the liberal blogosphere, including these posts from Steve Benen and Ezra Klein. One peculiar thing about McCain’s plans is that he manages to both ignore addressing the real problems of those who have lack affordable coverage and makes things worse for ...
By: Liberal Values
Medicare ?drifting towards disaster?: U.S. official
2008-04-30 06:01:00 Medicare “drifting towards disaster”: U.S. official Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday. He said the next administration will have to act to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 ...
John McCain Releases New Ad and Gives Speech: Health Care Action
2008-04-30 03:05:00 Alright, so John McCain released a new ad today, giving a rough outline of his health care plan: I thought the ad was good overall. It briefly addressed each of his main points. The music fit well. He could’ve elaborated more on allowing people to cross state lines to get health care. I guess the biggest ...
Swimming In A Sea Of Medicare Fraud
2008-04-21 23:16:00 (The post title relates to a quote from Dem U.S. House member Jim Cooper of Tennessee below.)This Parade Magazine article tells us?A whopping $70 billion out of the estimated $400 billion budgeted for Medicare in 2008 may disappear this year due to fraud and mismanagement. The taxpayer-funded system to cover health care for Americans aged 65 or older is projected to lose that amount, which is equivalent to $233 for every American.?Defrauding Medicare is easy and safe,? says (Harvard University?s Malcolm) Sparrow (who studies Medicare fraud). ?The spending is huge. The spending on controls is minimal. Bills are paid and processed by computers, and no human sees them.? In a recently reported case, one firm billed Medicare $170 million for fake HIV drug infusions. Dozens of companies charged a total of $142 million for unnecessary medical supplies, such as prosthetic limbs. Because of repeat invoicing, $5 million was spent on a single wheelchair.And what does Bushco say in response??We...
Senator Chuck Hagel On Hannity & Colmes: Stop Big Government Spending, the
2008-04-12 00:09:00 So on March 26th, Senator Chuck Hagel the Great (R-NE) was interviewed by Sean Hannity the Great (R) and Alan Colmes (D) on the Hannity & Colmesshow, to discuss the war in Iraq, conservativism, government spending, and his new book America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers. Here’s a video of the interview: And here’s a ...
Social security/Medicare Watch: 2008
2008-03-30 19:52:00 Social Security and Medicare trustees' 2008 annual report was released recently.There are no big surprises in the report, but I find it fascinating to read about the projections for Social security and Medicare for the future. It is true that both programs are in financial trouble, but the situation is not anywhere as bad as some people think. Especially among 20 and 30 somethings, it has become fashionable to dismiss these "government programs".First, about the state of Social security: For years, the Social Security program has been taking in more in payroll taxes from existing workers than it needed to fund benefits. The government borrowed that surplus and promised to pay it back with interest by issuing special issue bonds to the program.The federal government will have to start paying back what it owes the Social Security trust fund in 2017 so the program can continue paying 100% of benefits. The trust fund will run dry by 2041. Without that cushion, Social Security wou...
By: Retire To India
Clearinghouses are still Stripping information from Medicare Claims
2008-03-24 17:16:00 Medicare has made an announcement to let customers know that they have identified that medical clearinghouses are still stripping information from Medicare claims which could be resulting in claim denials for customers.Medicare would like to let customers know that if they have identified any clearinghouse that is stripping the NPI number from the claim to notify your Medicare Contractor immediately so CMS can work with your clearinghouse to resolve this issue.To verify if this is happening follow these steps:identify that you are sending your NPI # in the correct fields and bill Medicare claims electronically. Call your medical billing software vendor to verify the NPI # is being forwarded on to your clearinghouse (they should be able to track how your eClaims are being submitted)Place a call with your clearinghouse and have them pull your claim file. Have them verify the NPI#'s are on the claim and they are receiving itCall Medicare a few days later and identify if Medicare recei...
NPPES and NPI Registry cross walk to Medicare rejections
2008-03-24 17:02:00 NPPES stands for National Plan and Provider Enumeration System. NPI Registry is a online website to identify referring provider NPPES information including NPI number. All information found on the NPI registry website is provided in accordance with the NPPES Data Dissemination Notice. As of March 1st 2008 all CMS 1500 claims received must hand an NPI or NPI/Legacy pair in the required primary provider fields. If these are not setup correctly the claims will be rejected by Medicare.If your claim is rejected these are some simple rules to follow to identify how to fix those rejections:1. Check your record in the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)2. Verify the Legacy number you are submitting on claims is also reported through the NPPES system.3. Verify that the legal business name is correct4. Verify the correct ENTITY type was selected at the time of NPI Application. Entity Type 1 is for individualsEntity Type 2 is for OrganizationsIf you have verfiied everything a...
Medicare Professional Claims must have NPI
2008-03-24 16:45:00 Effective March 1st 2008, Medicare professional claim subsmission, must have an NPI or NPI Legacy pair in the required primary provider fields. Failure to include an NPI will cause the claim to reject.
Ohio Medicare remittance issues
2008-03-24 16:27:00 On March 3rd 2008 Ohio Medicare (relay health CPID# 1447) released a new system upgrade. They later identified a bug in the system upgrade resulting in Ohio Medicare deleting provider numbers. This resulted in electronic remittance advice reports not generating.Customers billing Ohio Medicare receiving ERA through McKesson/RelayHealth should post payments manually using the Explanation of Benefits or utilizing the IVR system to identify how claims were processed.Ohio Medicare anticipates having the provider numbers loaded into their system by end of day on March 20th 2008. ERA reports will be available from RelayHealth on March 24th 2008.If you need assistance to work the Medicare Ohio's IVR software please review this blog:All 50 states IVR phone numbers for Part A and Part Bhttp://askamedicalbiller.blogs-pot.com/2008/03/medicare-intera-ctive-voice-response-ivr.htmlSt-eps on how to use the IVR softwarehttp://askamedicalbille-r.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-u-se-medicares-interactive-voic..-.
Medicare Interactive Voice Response IVR phone numbers by State
2008-03-21 15:22:00 If you ever need the phone number for Medicare Part A or Medicare Part B Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system you can locate your states number here:Medicare A IVR Medicare B IVR Medicare IVR State866-539-5598 866-539-5598 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for Alabama866-277-7287 877-908-8431 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for Alaska866-277-7287 877-908-8431 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for Arizona877-207-4251 877-908-8434 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for Arkansas866-277-7287 877-591-1587 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for N California866-277-7287 866-502-9054 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for S California866-839-2441 877-908-8431 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for Colorado877-567-7205 866-419-9458 Medicare Part A and B IVR phone number for Connecticut877-567-7205 877-391-2610 Medicare Part A...
Save time by not calling Medicare on denied claims
2008-03-20 20:05:00 Time is money and calling insurance carriers some consider is a waste of time. I don't mind calling the insurance carriers but I normally do my own research on the claim prior to placing the call.I find that reading Explanation of Benefits can be tricky for some people and I think in my next blog I will write about EOB's and how to read them but for now let's look at some tricks in reading Medicare's EOB's.Medicare says that these questions are becoming their top tiered questions -Call: CO-16 this code usually means the claim denied as unprocessable because information was missing or invalidResolution: Review the next Remittance Advice code under the CO-16 for the reason why the claim was denied.Call: I'm working from a reportResolution: Medicare would like clients to review the Remittance Advice tied to the Explanation of Benefits or Electronic Remittance Advice prior to calling on any claim (this means they would like you to review documentation supplied prior to calling the...
What is a PTAN number?
2008-03-20 19:55:00 When calling Medicare you will need to know your doctors Provider Transaction Access Number or PTAN. In short this is the doctors current legacy provider Number with Medicare.I am not sure why they needed to make this step so confusing for billing offices (i.e. changing the name of it and when you ask them what it is they won't tell you making it seem mysterious) but if you don't have your PTAN number you aren't going to get assistance with Medicare.In order to process your phone calls quickly it's best to have this information ready to shoot off:*Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN)* The name of the office - This must be specific to the PTAN reported* The Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) of the patient in question* The patient?s name as it appears on the Medicare card* The date of service in question* Any Remarks codes and descriptions from the Standard Provider Remittance (SPR) for the claim in question* Your question* Your contact information like telephone # and ext...
Medicare covers cardiovascular screening blood tests
2008-03-20 17:40:00 February is American Heart Month and I know it's now March but I feel that this is important to blog about this topic. Did you know that the Number 1 cause for death in the united states is Heart Disease? The 3rd cause of death is stroke.So as a patient what are your options to identifying if you are at risk? The next time you are in the office with your doctor ask them to take blood work to compare your #'s to the ones below.* Total Cholesterol Test* Cholesterol Test for High-density Lipoproteins* Triglycerides TestLets break these tests down to identify good results vs. high risk results.The Total Cholesterol Test ResultsDesirable: Under 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL)Borderline high: 200 to 239 mg/dLHigh risk: 240 mg/dL and higherCholesterol Test for High-density Lipoproteins (you want to score high on this test)Desirable: An HDL 60 mg/dL or above helps protect against heart diseaseHigh Risk: Men that score 37 mg/dL or Women that score below ...
When to get Flu Shots
2008-03-20 16:22:00 Eeach year we hear on the news, radio, internet to get your flu shot as early as possible before they run out. Well, this year maybe a good time to get a flu shot if you haven't already.I have been talking to a lot of patients (while collecting on their outstanding balances - I am in the medical billing industry) and they are telling me nasty stories about this horrible flu that is going around. It includes things like dizziness, diaherea, stomach issues and not being able to go to work for 3-5 days. Of course, sometimes I wonder why patients tell someone over the phone who called to collect on their outstanding bills about having to run to the bathroom, not going to work because what do you do sit on the toilet all day.... (gross)So you maybe asking yourself when do you get a flu shot? Flu shots in the US are given late October through March; but flu season can last into the month of May.Who should get flu shots?*All members of a medical office should be given a flu shot*Anyone w...
Medicare Supplement
2008-03-19 17:48:00 When I was hospitalized several months ago, I was glad I had Medicare but as expected, I have paid the remaining hospital bills which were usually more than what they have taken cared of. So, I was able to get more out from my own pocket.Back then, I wondered if they had a medicare supplement so that when emergency time comes again, I will pay lesser. And about a few months later while I was surfing, I came to check on an American company that I appreciate very much. They offer mature men and women a medicare supplement to help lessen the bills in time of hospitalization. I read their benefits and I should say that it is a really good deal. How I wished we had one here in the Philippines and then it would be easier for me too.
Medicare Supplement Insurance
2008-03-15 06:44:00 Recently I have reviewed back my insurance policy because I?m still thinking whether want to terminate my investment link insurance or not. Honestly I?m not so familiar with all these insurance policy until today, I bought my insurance because I believe my friend as he is an insurance agent. I have a question to ask ...
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Enabling You Hear Now: Medicare Hearing Aids Information Posted By : David
2008-03-13 04:03:00 Auditory aid devices are quite costly equipments. You would be quite aware of this fact if you have ever visited some hearing devices selling shops. More: continued here Powered by ArticlesXPress
Diabetes and Medicare
2008-03-08 05:28:00 Every person in this world today is worried of being diabetic because of one or the other reason. Some people who eat more sweets than other think that they are more prone to diabetes than others. Diabetes is a syndrome in which the content of the glucose or sugar in the bloodstream gets higher ...
By: Healing Herbs
Medicare Supplement Insurance
2008-03-07 20:25:00 Health insurance has become quite complicated in the US, especially for those over 65. Medicare rules and regulations keep changing, and I know my parents have needed to buy extra supplemental medicare part d prescription plan insurance. There is a great internet resource, The Mature Health Center, which offers explanations of benefits along with quotes and resources from different major insurance companies. Tags: health care, health insurance, medicare, medicare part d, prescription plan, senior health, lynda lippin
Medicare for Autism Rally TODAY In Burnaby BC
2008-03-02 13:05:00 Sunday, March 2nd, 20082:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Shadbolt Centre for the Arts6450 Deer Lake AvenueBurnabyWhy should you attend?Despite a decade of lobbying, collaborating and litigating – autism treatment is still excluded from our universal health care system. Canadian families are still bankrupting themselves in order to provide treatment for their autistic children.The current and limited funding provided through the provincial government’s social services ministries could evaporate tomorrow with the stroke of a bureaucrat’s pen. No legislation exists within these ministries to protect or enshrine our children’s medically necessary treatment.In 30 years of "advocacy", the only two initiatives which have achieved ANY success for our children and families has beenlitigation, and more recently, focused political action. Both were brought by the members of FEAT of BC – a 100% volunteer organization.Autism is an epidemic of staggering proportions, it now afflicts one in every 15...
"Medicare for Autism Now!" Rally, Sunday, March 2nd at 2 PM
2008-03-01 08:58:00 "Medicare for Autism Now!" Rally Sunday, March 2nd, 20082:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Shadbolt Centre for the Arts6450 Deer Lake AvenueBurnabyDon't forget the Medicare for Autism Now Rally tomorrow March 2nd in Burnaby! Medicare coverage of autism treatment, particularly ABA, would ensure that all autistic children in Canada receive ABA coverage without regard for accidents of geography. It would also help ensure that ABA services that are provided are protected from erosion or loss resulting from that minority, but still common, and often influential, type of bureaucrat who places his, or her, career agenda before the interests of the autistic children they are supposed to help.Come out and voice your support for Medicare for Autism NOW! Voice your support for autistic children and their right to effective, evidence based treatment NOW!autism
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Midnight Current Events Roundup
2008-02-27 08:49:00 Christopher Dodd endorses Obama. (Vercaifer) Hillary and Barack blame one another for all kinds of stuff during the Ohio debate. (The Huffington Report) McCain predicts that Iraq might cost him the election? (Crooks and Liars) What does Cuba think of Raul? (Drury University) College students claim they were thrown off Southwest flight because they were too pretty. (Breaking ...
Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements for Third Party Settlements
2008-02-13 21:34:00 While we have all heard about MSA?s for worker?s compensation cases, 3rd Party Liability Settlements are becoming an increasing area of interest for CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). You may not yet be aware, but on December 29, 2007, President Bush signed the Medicare Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (?2007 Extension Act?), which ...
Medicare Insurance
2008-02-10 09:14:00 We are very fortunate that in our country, medical is affordable for almost everyone. When we grow old with little money to spare and medical problem starts to crop up, we may not have extra to pay medical bills. It is wise to plan for our medicare insurance while we can still afford it. ...
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How Your Non-Citizen Parent Can Get Medicare
2008-02-09 07:02:00 Finally bringing a parent or other older relative to the U.S. from another country is often a big relief to younger family members. Only one worry remains: How to pay for the medical care an older person will almost certainly need one day when there is no Medicare. More: continued here If you ...
Medical Billing and Medicare Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG)
2008-02-05 06:04:00 Health services were always referred to as retrospective payments earlier because payment was always made after the service given. This was then convenient as the payment was made by the insurance companies. The 1980s saw the introduction of cost limiting programs. One such program was the prospective payment system initiated by Medicare and other payer groups. Here each disease is assigned a Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) where the doctor/hospital received a fixed payment and calculation was done considering average parameters like stay, treatment etc. DRGs may be further grouped into Major Diagnostic Categories (MDCs).In the early days, most health care was on a fee-for-service basis. It was referred to as retrospective payment because the fee for health care services was paid after all the needed services were provided. During the 1970s, a period of high inflation, health care costs skyrocketed. Most Americans had health insurance and were not worried about costs because the insur...
The Different Parts of Medicare Health Insurance
2008-02-01 03:59:00 Medicare, in the US is a social insurance program provided by the federal government to provide health insurance coverage to the following group of people.Elderly workers and their dependents, Individuals who become totally and permanently disabled End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Thus Medicare is a critically important source of health insurance for over 44 million Americans. Those on Medicare also have the additional choices associated with the Medicare prescription drug benefit.So what are the different basic parts of Medicare? These are the four basic parts.Medicare Part A is about Hospital Insurance and helps cover your inpatient care in hospitals. It can also help to cover skilled nursing facility, hospice, and home health care under certain conditions.Medicare Part B is concerned with Medical Insurance and helps cover medically-necessary services like doctors' services and outpatient care. It also helps cover some preventive services to help maintain your health and ...
Long term effects of social security and medicare on our economy
2008-01-19 10:33:00 Photo By: Wit Here is the transcripts from a question I posed on http://diehards.org/forum/. I think it turned out interesting, here are the high lights. The conversation was rather long, so I will comment in another post. I asked the diehards, I recently watched an interview of David Walker by Glenn Beck, and ever since I ...
Medicare Disadvantage
2008-01-14 02:24:00 While there has been a lot of attention paid to the ways in which George Bush’s changes to Medicare have benefited insurance companies, such as by not allowing negotiations over price, the benefits to insurance companies from Medicare Advantage plans has received less attention. Besides the political implications of the manner in which Bush has ...
By: Liberal Values
Medicare Insurance
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DestinationRx Medicare Part D Online Purchase
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Medicaid and Medicare Resources
2008-01-03 19:03:00 Do you know about Medicaid and Medicare? I believe that there are still many people getting difficult to understand all these things. Don?t worry, there is a good resource site called Agis.com which can assist you to know more about Medicaid and Medicare. When you find yourself in the position where you need caregiving resource then Agis.com is the right place for you. Agis.com is a Medicaid and Medicare resources website that providing Medicare information and Medicaid information. They help caregivers and their loved ones meet the challenges of aging. Agis.com also set up a online community where people can find Medicaid and Medicare Help and answer from people same position with you. Agis.com has good web design and layout so that you can find the information easily. For more information, check it out Agis.com today!
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Medicaid and Medicare Resources
2008-01-03 15:26:00 The Medicare and Medicaid programs are under the direction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. They are programs of medical care for the aged and for the needy, respectively, in the United States. You can check out for more information on Medicare and Medicaid Resources here: http://www.agis.com/Eldercare-B-asics/Legal-and-Financial/Medic-are-and-Medicaid/Medicare is federal health insurance for people who are age 65 or older, as well as younger people with certain disabilities and illnesses. Medicare is divided into Medicare Part A and Part B. Part A is a basic hospital-insurance plan covering hospital care, extended care, home health services, and hospice care for terminally ill patients while Part B is a voluntary medical-insurance program covering physicians' fees, outpatient services, prescription drugs, and other medical services. Part B is optional; your loved one may not need it if he or she already receives benefits from an employer ...
By: ChatnChill
Accessible Home Health Care Certified As A Provider Of Medicare Home Health
2008-01-02 21:42:00 Coral Springs, FL — Accessible Home Health Care today announced certification of it’s Columbus, OH location as a provider of Home Health Care Services within the Medicare delivery system. Mirella Salem, President of Accessible, said, “It is an accomplishment in the right direction towards achieving our franchise ...
General Health Programs : Medicare and Medicaid
2008-01-02 17:58:00 Medicare Program The Medicare program provides healthcare coverage for seniors over the age of 65 and many disabled individuals. Since the program was implemented in 1966, the number of Medicare beneficiaries has increased from 19 million to 40 million. By 2030, Medicare is projected cover more than 77 million people. Despite the dramatic growth in the program and continuing advances in medical
New York Times Calls For Ending Subsidies to Medicare Advantage Plans
2007-12-26 08:30:00 In addition to the prescription drug program, George Bush’s Medicare Plan provided for extra payments to private insurance companies to cover Medicare patients. Under these Medicare Advantage plans it now costs about twelve percent more to cover Medicare patients than under the government program, even though the private companies often cherry pick the healthiest patients. ...
By: Liberal Values
Bad Moon Rising
2007-12-18 23:00:00 On Monday, the Bush administration released its Financial Report of the United States Government for the 2007 budget year. And guess what? The U.S. government is promising $45 trillion more than it can deliver on Social Security, Medicare, and other benefit programs, according to the Associated Press yesterday. I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble ...
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Medicare 10% cut averted - For now...
2007-12-18 20:54:00 Hot off the press from the Associated Press is a story stating that Congress is about to pass legislation which avoids the proposed 10% cut in Medicare payment scheduled to take place 14 days from now.The legislation crafted by Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee would give doctors a 0.5 percent raise when they treat the elderly and disabled. The Senate was expected to approve the bill Tuesday or Wednesday. The legislation would then move to the House, which hopes to wrap up work this week.Like practically everything else in government, there's a catch. What's the catch? Well, this HUGE zero-point-five percent raise in Medicare payment will expire on June 30, 2008. Which means, that docs will have to go through this stress and anguish and Congressional advocacy efforts all over again in six months.I know what you're saying, what's the big deal? Docs have all kinds of money anyway. They don't need a pay raise like everyone else does. I don't want t...
By: Doctor Anonymous
Keifer Sutherland: Grandson of Medicare Goes to Jail
2007-12-11 23:10:00 Keifer Sutherland started his 48 day jail sentence for his third drunk driving conviction on Dec. 5th. Sutherland is known as the character, Jack Bauer, in the television series, ‘24′. But Canadians know who he really is. Keifer Sutherland is the grandson of Tommy Douglas, father of Canada’s universal medicare system. Keifer Sutherland was born to Shirley Douglas, the only biological child of Tommy Douglas. An actor herself, Shirley Douglas gave birth to Keifer and his twin sister, Rachel, when she was married to actor Donald Sutherland. Keifer Sutherland is not the only star in the family. Tommy Douglas was voted “The Greatest Canadian” of all time in a televised contest hosted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. And he’s been dead for decades! Douglas was known as a modest man. He wasn’t above giving a speech standing in the back of a farmer’s manure spreader, although he did joke that he was standing on the platform of the op...
Paul Krugman?s False Analogy to Medicare In Support of Mandates
2007-12-08 03:30:00 Paul Krugman makes some serious errors as he continues his attacks on Barack Obama for proposing a health care reform plan without a mandate for all individuals to purchase insurance. There are pros and cons to both positions but Krugman writes as if only plans with mandates are possible. This ignores the fact that most ...
By: Liberal Values
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