Archive for January, 2008

The Edwards Effect

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The two Democratic candidates left standing are, to a large extent, running on the platform that John Edwards built.
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Medicare’s Drug Program Enrollment Up, Costs Down

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

THURSDAY, Jan. 31 — The three-year-old Medicare Part D drug program is seeing the number of its enrollees climb, even as costs for the program fall, U.S. health officials announced Thursday.
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Pelosi: ‘President Bush’s Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Are Exactly the Wrong Medicine’

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following news reports that President Bush plans large cuts in Medicare and medicaid when he unveils his fiscal 2009 budget next week:
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Medicare Says Projected Cost of Part D Drug Program Continues to Drop

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Jan. 31, 2008 – Medicare today issued another news release touting the drop in the cost of the prescription drug program from what it had earlier projected.
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Statement On CMS Announcement Regarding Phase I Of Medicare Health Support - DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Statement attributable to: Tracey Moorhead, President and Chief Executive Officer, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance “Tens of thousands of chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries today face a distressing gap in access to valuable support services for managing their conditions.
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Bush Seeks Surplus via Medicare Cuts

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

In his new budget, President Bush will call for large cuts in the growth of Medicare and he will again seek major savings in medicaid.
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President’s Budget Would Seek Health Savings

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

In his new budget, President Bush will call for large cuts in the growth of Medicare and he will again seek major savings in medicaid.
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Classification change brings health system more Medicare funds

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Susquehanna Health recently received good news — its Medicare reimbursement will continue to be funded at levels comparable to other area hospitals — at least for now.
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