Thursday, November 17, 2011

Providers Brace for Super Committee Health Care Cuts

Source: CNBC News

More than half the patients Fred Ralston sees at his rural family practice in Fayetteville, Tennessee are Medicare recipients.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Health Care Landlords Feel Brunt Of Medicare Cuts

Source: Wall Street Journal

Landlords to nursing homes are being sent to the poor house by investors who fear that deep cuts in Medicare spending will siphon off rent payments.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Medicare savings by raising the eligibility age could be a mirage

Source: Politico

Old problems in Washington often stir old solutions. In this case, literally older — two years older.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Red tape hampers care for patients who are poor and disabled

Source: The Los Angeles Times
Such patients qualify for Medicare and Medicaid, but bouncing back and forth between state and federal agencies can increase medical costs and reduce their quality of care.
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Senate GOP questions healthcare law’s $10B innovation center

Source: The Hill
Congressional Republicans are turning their sights to yet another piece of the healthcare reform law — a new center for innovation in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Romney's Plan Would Fundamentally Change Medicare

Source: Kaiser Health News

Mitt Romney's plan to overhaul Medicare follows a familiar Republican prescription: Use the power of the marketplace to bring down costs and improve care. Yet, such a move would fundamentally change the nature of the popular program, and treads close to a proposal that Republicans were heavily criticized for earlier this year.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Nursing homes say Medicare cut will cost 20,000 jobs

Source: The Hill

Nursing homes say they’re planning to lay off some 20,000 workers because of a cut in their Medicare payments.

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