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Medicare Defined
The Federal government-sponsored health care program funded and operated by the Social Security Administration, providing medical benefits for individuals over the age of 65, some disabled persons and those with end-stage renal disease. Automatically includes Part A Hospital Insurance. Part B Supplementary Medical Insurance covers physicians services and other outpatient care and is optionally available for a monthly charge. . There are some co-payments and deductibles on both Parts A and B. The dollar amounts of these may change each year (check with your local Social Security office for current details). Medicare does not provide benefits for custodial or intermediate nursing home care, or long-term care.
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NASI Experts Available to Discuss Social Security, Medicare, Federal Tax and Spending Issues in I.O.U.S.A. - The Movie
Published August 21, 2008, 12:20 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Experts on Social Security and Medicare are available to comment on these programs and the fiscal challenges facing the Nation. The movie, I.O.U.S.A., which premieres August 21 at 8 p.m. EDT, issues a call to action to reform Social Security, Medicare, and national spending priorities. NASI members bring their expertise to these questions.
Medicare 'doughnut hole' leads some elderly to forgo medicine
Published August 21, 2008, 12:15 pm, The Pantagraph
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say.
Universal health makes 'cents'
Published August 21, 2008, 11:50 am, Paradise Post
Professor Uwe Reinhardt and wife Tsung-mei Cheng are health care policy experts at Princeton University. A native of Taiwan, Cheng says, "In Taiwan, when National Health Insurance came in 1995, 41 percent of the population who had no health insurance were immediately covered and that saved lives.
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Olver's rival says health-care law not working
Published August 21, 2008, 11:40 am, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
LEOMINSTER - War veteran and congressional candidate Nathan Bech met with Leominster residents outside UMass Memorial HealthAlliance - Leominster Campus yesterday to talk about his plans to lower health care costs and to increase its availability for everyone.
Hospital reducing staff by 37 to trim costs
Published August 21, 2008, 11:35 am, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
LEOMINSTER - In an effort to curtail rising energy and other costs, the UMass Memorial HealthAlliance - Leominster Campus has offered early retirement and enhanced severance packages to 90 eligible employees.
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Published August 21, 2008, 11:19 am, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
FITCHBURG -- A city man was charged with rape and assault Tuesday in connection with allegations he attacked a woman the night before.
Medicare gap leads some elderly to discontinue medicine
Published August 21, 2008, 11:17 am, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WASHINGTON — Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say. About 3.4 million older and disabled people hit a gap, known as the doughnut hole, in their Medicare drug coverage in 2007. When that happened, they had to pay the entire costs of their ...
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part III
Published August 21, 2008, 10:46 am, Columbia Journalism Review
This is the third in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people who live in Helena, Arkansas, and how the press could cover that angle.
AARP panel addresses health care for elderly
Published August 21, 2008, 10:23 am, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
WATERLOO --- Maxine Tisdale has cared for her mother for four years, an effort that has the entire family living on a financial edge.
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Off-site Medicare Links, User Submitted
The following links have been collected through user bookmark submission in the Medicare category. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.
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- Medicare.gov - The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
- Social Security Online - The Official Website of the U.S. Social Security Administration: Medicare signup page.
- We Can't Tax Our Way Out of the Entitlement Crisis
- Medicare.gov - Hospital Compare
- Report Rejects Medicare Boast of Paring Fraud - NYTimes.com
- NYTImees: Report Rejects Medicare Boast of Paring Fraud
- "Report Rejects Medicare Boast of Paring Fraud": Medicare, New York Times, August 20, 2008
- Online Technical Support Liaison updates - Medicare Australia
- Lies And The Lying Liars
- http://finance .yahoo.com/foc us-retirement/ article/105572 /The-Lowdown-o n-Medicare-Cov erage?mod=reti rement-post-sp ending
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