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Medicare Bill (H.R. 6331) Passes Senate and House w/Veto Proof Margins
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Jul 14th, 2008
The Senate passed the House-passed Medicare bill (H.R. 6331) on July 9, by a 69-30 vote, which was a surprising turnaround from the 58- 40 vote in the Senate on the same bill two weeks earlier. Enough Republicans switched their votes from "No" to "Yes" on the second vote, giving the bill a...
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Medicare Prescription Drug Card Training
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Sep 24th, 2007
Starting June 1, 2004, new Medicare Prescription Drug Cards will become available to millions of Americans. Medicare beneficiaries will be inundated with contradictory press stories and advertising from more than 70 Medicare-approved discount drug cards, all while trying to select the one card that...
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Chairman Stark Proposes Across the Board Provider Cuts at Hearing; MidMichigan VNA Provides...
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May 21st, 2007
Last Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing to gather statements and information from a variety of providers including home health agencies, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities on their experiences with the current Medicare payment system. With the advent of "pay...
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New Source of Medicare Advantage Plan Penetration Data
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Mar 12th, 2007
Many of our members have found it useful to follow trends in their area related to the expansion of Medicare Advantage programs. While CMS has ceased its routine provision of this data, a new private source has become available courtesy of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Foundation has...
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Study Finds that Medicare Advantage Payments Increase Medicare Costs
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Dec 4th, 2006
A recently released study found that in 2005 payments by the Federal Government to Medicare Advantage (MA) private plans were significantly more than the comparable cost of payment in traditional fee-for-service Medicare. Specifically, the Commonwealth Fund study, released at the end of November,...
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Democrats Lay Out Health Agenda One Week Before Elections
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Oct 30th, 2006
In just over one week, Americans will go to the polls to elect the 110th Congress. Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is up for election, as well as about one-third of Senate seats. At this time, pollsters in both parties and national experts who monitor election outcomes are...
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