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Providers Brace for Super Committee Health Care Cuts
More than half the patients Fred Ralston sees at his rural family practice in Fayetteville, Tennessee are Medicare recipients.
Read the Article>Health Care Landlords Feel Brunt Of Medicare Cuts
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.
Read the Article>Medicare savings by raising the eligibility age could be a mirage
Old problems in Washington often stir old solutions. In this case, literally older — two years older.
Read the Article>Red tape hampers care for patients who are poor and disabled
Senate GOP questions healthcare law’s $10B innovation center
My Word: Back off, AARP - let seniors pay, too
Romney's Plan Would Fundamentally Change Medicare
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.
Read the Article>Test for Hospital Budgets: Are the Patients Pleased?
Nursing homes say Medicare cut will cost 20,000 jobs
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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