8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance
Costs are rising, retirement income is less secure and the golden years are lasting longer, leaving older people less to bequeath to their heirs.
Archive for June, 2008
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The New Deal isn’t coming back. Can Democrats find a fresher way?
Agency Sees Theft Risk for ID Card in Medicare
Social Security officials are calling for immediate action to remove Social Security numbers from the Medicare cards used by millions of Americans.
For a Good Retirement, Find Work. Good Luck.
Market forces were expected to ensure that people over 60 could get a job. Turns out …
High Medicare Costs, Courtesy of Congress
Medicare pays $110 for a walker that Wal-Mart sells for $60, and medical equipment makers like it that way.
Medicare Savings vs. the Lobbyists
There is never a good reason for Medicare to pay far more than the market rate for medical equipment. And certainly not in times like these.
House Votes to Block Cut in Doctors’ Medicare Fees
Despite a veto threat, the House moved to prevent a 10 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors that was scheduled to take effect July 1.
Doctors Face Payment Cuts for Patients on Medicare
Republicans and Democrats blame each other for the Senate’s failure to prevent an automatic 10 percent cut in doctors’ payments before leaving for recess.
Senate Democrats Attack Republicans on Medicare
Democrats moved swiftly to assail Republican senators for voting against a major Medicare bill that would have averted a 10 percent cut in payments to doctors.
Weighing the Costs of a CT Scan’s Look Inside the Heart
Driven by financial incentives, many doctors are adopting CT scans, but there is scant evidence that they benefit most patients.
HEALTH: Medicare fees to doctors fall
WASHINGTON â€â€? 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.
Mother And Two Daughters Get Prison Terms For Medicare Fraud
A mother and two daughters, owners of four healthcare corporations based in Miami were sentenced and remanded to prison for their part in plans to defraud the Medicare program, Matthew Friedrich, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida announced last Friday.
Senate Fails To Take Up Legislation That Would Delay Medicare Physician Fee Cut
A House-passed bill proposed by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.
Medicare deal leads to layoffs at health firm
A change in the way the federal government bid contracts for Medicare claims forced one business to close its doors in Maryland and lay off 130 workers and gave another the opportunity to bring more jobs to the state.
Medicare fees to doctors to fall starting Tuesday
The Bush administration and Republicans like Medicare Advantage because it lets the elderly and disabled choose to get their health benefits through private insurers rather than through traditional Medicare.