Americans ambivalent on Medicare reform
NORWALK, Conn., April 27 — Americans agree Medicare needs reform, as long as the cost of reform doesn't have to come out of their own pockets, a poll indicates.
Archive for April, 2012
Editorial Board: Medicare’s $8 billion advantage
ONE OF THE significant reforms in the health-care law was to put private Medicare plans on a more equal footing with the traditional government program. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act altered the payment structure in which the private p…
Hyde Park man charged with defrauding Medicare in medical equipment scam
A Hyde Park man is facing federal charges that he bilked the Medicare program in a scam involving medical equipment. Blessing Sydney Iwuala, co-owner of Above All Home Care and Medical Supply Inc., has been arrested and is slated to appear in US Distri…
Hyde Park man charged with defrauding Medicare in medical equipment scam
A Hyde Park man is facing federal charges that he bilked the Medicare program in a scam involving medical equipment. Blessing Sydney Iwuala, co-owner of Above All Home Care and Medical Supply Inc., has been arrested and is slated to appear in US Distri…
Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll
Title: Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll Category: Health News Created: 4/26/2012 10:05:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll
Title: Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll Category: Health News Created: 4/26/2012 10:05:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Guild, Lankford disagree on Medicare reform
Democrat Tom Guild of is concerned that Medicare benefits will not be preserved for future generations if voters of the Congressional 5th District re-elect Congressman James Lankford, R-Edmond.
Guild, Lankford disagree on Medicare reform
Democrat Tom Guild of is concerned that Medicare benefits will not be preserved for future generations if voters of the Congressional 5th District re-elect Congressman James Lankford, R-Edmond.
GAO says Medicare bonuses are bogus
Federal investigators said Monday that the administration is wasting billions on extra bonuses for health plans and should cancel them right away, fueling Republican complaints that President Obama is trying to postpone his health care law's unpopu…
Montco man sentenced in $1M Medicare fraud
A Montgomery County man who bilked Medicare in an ambulance transport scheme was sentenced to today to time served and ordered to repay the government health insurance program for seniors more than $1.3 million. Boris Rostovsky, 44, formerly of Bryn At…
Americans support Medicare reform, but not on their dime
Medicare may be hurtling toward the critical list, but most people don't want to pay for needed reforms from their own wallets.
Americans support Medicare reform, but not on their dime
Medicare may be hurtling toward the critical list, but most people don't want to pay for needed reforms from their own wallets.
Medicare and the rising cost of health care
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Support for the law among women has increased to 47 percent today as nurses, minorities and seniors realize they stand to get hurt without the law's protections.
Medicare Seeks to Pay U.S. Hospitals 0.9% More for Patient Care
Medicare, one of the largest sources of revenue for U.S. hospitals, proposed paying about 0.9 percent more for patient care in fiscal 2013, primarily to cover inflation and increased health-care costs.
Medicare’s trust fund to remain solvent until 2024, report calls for fixes
News outlets report on the predictions offered by the Medicare trustees, and examine the assumptions behind them as well as the political landscape.