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Rate-setting commission recommends no increase in hospital charges
The state's hospitals would absorb all of the 2 percent Medicare cuts required by federal sequestration under a proposal released Thursday by the state panel that sets hospital rates. The recommendation by the staff of the Health Services Cost Review...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Procedures and Tests, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance
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Reform Medicare Rx program?
With pressure building on the president and Congress to bring down deficits, one of the obvious places for them to search for savings is one of the biggest items in the federal budget, Medicare. The program, which spent more than $500 billion in 2012,...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Government Health Care, Periodicals, U.S. Congress
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Part D proposals signal bid for government takeover
Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., recently introduced a bill that would create government-run health care in the United States. This same proposal for a single-payer system has been put forth in every Congress since 2003, and like all of those previous...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care, John Conyers, Jr., U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Drive better deal on drugs to shield seniors from cuts
As we look for ways to get a better handle on Medicare costs, policymakers should focus on getting more value for Medicare's dollars while protecting the 49 million seniors and people with disabilities who rely on the program. Nowhere is there more...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry, Government Health Care, U.S. Congress
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Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-...
Tags: John Boehner, Government Health Care, U.S. Congress, Fiscal Cliff, Unemployment Benefits
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Study: Dementia tops cancer, heart disease in cost
Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail. The biggest...
Tags: Heart Disease, Government Health Care, Stroke, Nursing, Medical Specialization
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North suburban emergency room wait times vary
From 27 minutes in Lake Forest to 68 minutes in Park Ridge, the waiting time in north suburban emergency rooms ranges from minutes below to more than half an hour above the national average, according to statistics on the Medicare website and from the...Tags: Evanston, Health and Medical Professionals, Skokie, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider
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U.S. Democrats, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Savings on the way for many Chicago-area Medicare patients
Medicare patients in most of Cook and DuPage counties will have lower out-of-pocket costs starting this summer for a range of medical supplies like walkers, oxygen, powered wheelchairs and diabetic test strips. As many as 125,000 patients in the Chicago...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, National Government
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Problem Solver: Ample time passes before kidney stone billing error resolved
The pain in his stomach was almost debilitating. On Nov. 1, 2010, Bill Lepek went to the emergency room at Presence Resurrection Medical Center in Norwood Park. Physicians did some scans and conducted some tests, then zeroed in on the source of his...
Tags: Jon Yates, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, Government Health Care
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The myths that undermine Medicare and Social Security
The talk in Washington and among opinion leaders around the country's budget issues today centers on "balance" and "responsibility." Many conservatives declare that these terms mean that there should be no new revenue, only spending cuts to programs...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health Care Reform (2009), Government Health Care, Market and Exchange, U.S. Congress
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Mr. Speaker, we expected better
If lack of health insurance were a disease, it would be considered a pandemic in Florida. About one in four state residents who are too young to be covered by Medicare — 3.8 million people — are uninsured, the third-worst rate in the nation....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health Care Reform (2009), Epidemics and Plagues, Government Health Care, Florida Legislature
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