News on Medicare

Healthcare ills infect 2012-bound Republicans

2011-05-18T13:30:51Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The troubled healthcare industry, recently a problem for Democrats facing voter anger over President Barack Obama's overhaul law, is now plaguing Republicans ho...

Obama admin. hits back against health care repeal

2011-01-04T10:00:37Z

Sebelius says GOP's health care repeal would take away freedoms; put insurers back in charge

Republican repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law would take away personal freedoms and put power back in the hands of insurance companies, the administration's top health official said Tuesday.

House Repu...

Medicare regulation revives end-of-life planning

2010-12-25T20:30:10Z

New medicare regulation revives end-of-life planning derided by some as 'death panels'

A new health regulation issued this month offers Medicare recipients voluntary end-of-life planning, which Democrats dropped from the monumental health care overhaul last year.

The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families ...

Health Care Reform and Hospice Care

2010-11-29T14:54:25Z

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20 Facts and Fictions About Healthcare Reform

2010-11-29T14:53:41Z

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Public Option

2010-11-30T13:48:48Z

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Kaiser Poll Finds Health-Care Overhaul Law Wasn’t Driving Issue

2010-11-29T15:01:27Z

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Healthcare legislation viewed with an eye on huge deficits

2010-11-29T15:42:57Z

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The Health Care Reform Bill: 10 Things to Know

2010-11-29T14:47:03Z

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Obama defends health care overhaul law

2010-11-03T10:31:06Z

Obama says health care overhaul law was the right thing to do despite GOP opposition

President Barack Obama says passing his massive health care overhaul law was "the right thing to do."

Obama defended his signature legislation Wednesday even though many Republicans ran against it in the midterm elections. Republicans...

Threats and Bribes

2010-11-03T03:11:18Z

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Obama says Take One for the Team

2010-11-03T03:16:23Z

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Obama and Owens Broken Campaign Promises

2010-11-03T03:16:16Z

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Heath Care Reform: What You Need To Know

2010-11-03T03:14:01Z

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AARP Lies, sleeping with the Enemy

2010-11-03T00:09:23Z

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Senate Finance Committee Votes Down Public Option, States Challenge a Public Mandate and More

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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Obama on Healthcare (Latest Chapter: Part 1): CNN

2010-11-03T00:12:54Z

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Healthcare COST Again: FOX

2010-11-03T00:13:20Z

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Obama health care reform

2010-11-02T21:51:44Z

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POSSIBLE Removal of the Public Option: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:12:53Z

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Health Care Reform Will Cause a Doctor Shortage

2010-11-03T00:13:21Z

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H.R. 3590: A Short Overview of the Health Care Reform Law

2010-09-30T21:10:45Z

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Reform health care by reforming our thinking

2010-09-15T20:38:56Z

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Health care coverage

2010-11-03T09:13:30Z

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Happy 45th birthday, Medicare

2010-09-10T16:20:17Z

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Will Health Insurance Cost the Average American $30k Per Year in 2020?

2010-09-10T12:14:34Z

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Feds offer $5B to shore up early retiree coverage

2010-06-12T13:46:09Z

Obama administration offers temporary boost for endangered early retiree health programs

Trying to entice employers to keep early retirees on their medical plans, the Obama administration announced Tuesday it's making $5 billion available until the safety net of the new health care law is in place.

Effective next month, federal subsidies will allow employers to recoup a big chunk of the cost of medical ...

Obamacare 2014: Est 16 Million+ To Lose Insurance

2010-10-27T08:18:05Z

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Obamacare 2014: Est 16 Million+ To Lose Insurance

2010-10-27T08:18:04Z

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The Investing Implications of Obamacare

2010-10-25T13:00:09Z

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Seniors wary of health overhaul impact on Medicare

2010-03-31T21:45:29Z

Seniors wary as they await effect of Obama's health care overhaul; there'll be winners, losers

Seniors aren't celebrating President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

While Democrats hail the sweeping legislation as the greatest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare, th...

Health Reform's Winners And Losers

2010-10-25T11:26:12Z

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House Passes Historic Health Care Reform

2010-10-25T11:26:10Z

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Medicare fix would push health care into the red

2010-03-19T15:45:22Z

Congressional budget scorekeepers say a Medicare fix that Democrats included in earlier versions of their health care bill would push it into the red.

The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that rolling back a programmed cut in Medicare fees to doctors would cost...

How Obama's 2010 Health Care Reform Plan Affects Economy

2010-10-25T07:56:10Z

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Gov't moving into central role in health care

2010-04-16T07:12:39Z

Fed, state gov't to pick up bill for more than half the nation's health care by 2012

Government is poised to become king of the hill in America's vast health care system, with or without President Barack Obama's planned redo, according an economic report released Thursday.

Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health care lobbying subsides as interest groups see new political terrain

Notice you're not bombarded anymore by TV ads about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan?

Drugmakers, business organizations and other interest groups in the health care battle have dialed down expensive lobbying campaigns as they assess how last month's stunning Republican capture of a Senate se...

Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone

2010-06-25T19:12:36Z

Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history.

"We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional securi...

Text of Obama's statement on health care bill

2010-06-25T19:10:46Z

Text of President Barack Obama speaking Thursday about the Senate passing a health care reform bill, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.

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Obama: Good morning, everybody.

In a historic vote that took place this morning, members of the Senate joined their colleagues in the Taxes and fees will kick first, most benefits come later under Dems' health care bill

Americans will feel the pain before the gain from the health care overhaul Democrats are close to pushing through Congress.

Proposed taxes and fees on upper-income earners, insurers, even tanning parlors, take effect quickly. So would Medicare cuts.

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Senate Dems in fight for passage

2010-04-16T08:12:03Z

Vote on latest version of bill could begin Monday, end on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON The Senate today convenes its third weekend session in a row, beginning an around-the-clock effort to overcome Democratic infighting, a wall of Republican opposition and slipping support in the polls to approve the health care legislation before Christmas.

Time under the Capitol dome often passes like dog years s...

How Laws and Sausages Are Made

2010-09-10T11:42:21Z

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Medicare at 55: Widespread Approval for a Phantom Program

2010-10-24T11:05:25Z

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Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

2010-10-05T21:53:42Z

Week of December 14, 2009

Health care reform provisions are changing fast as the Senate considers numerous amendments on the floor, and there is no better example of how fast than the much-reported government plan option. Senate leaders announced last week that a deal had been struck to remove the public plan from the bill in favor of a not-for-profit private insurance option and an expansion of Medicare to allow people 55 or older to buy in. The deal was quickly lauded by the Whit...

Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate

2010-06-25T19:21:03Z

The liberals' longtime dream of a government-run health care system for all died Wednesday in the Senate, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed it will return when the realization dawns that private insurance companies "are no longer needed."

Sanders, an independent and socialist, said his approach is the only one "which eliminates the hundreds of billions of dollars in wast...

'You lie!' on Yale list of year's memorable quotes

2010-04-16T08:22:45Z

'Keep your government hands off my Medicare' tops Yale list of year's most memorable quotes

The fierce debate over health care hasn't led to a new law yet, but it's produced some of this year's top quotes, according to a Yale University librarian.

Fred Shapiro, associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday to discuss health care reform, amid reports of new compromise likely to infuriate liberal lawmakers.

The Senate has been struggling to pass its own version of a health care overhaul amid tough divides within the Democratic caucus on the bill's language.

But Reuters) - President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system appeared to get a boost on Thursday when the top Democrat in the House of Representatives signaled interest in a Senate Democratic ...

ReidÕs mastery on display

2010-06-25T19:23:28Z

In health care debate, he shows why he is indispensable in Washington

Once again, Harry Reid is demonstrating why his leadership in the Senate means so much to Nevada and to the nation as well.

On Tuesday the Senate majority leader announced what could be a breakthrough in the negotiations to get landmark health care reform legislation passed in the Senate. A gro...

Liberal Comfort with Health Bill from Dean, Feingold, Brown

2010-10-22T13:25:57Z

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Dean embraces Senate compromise on health care

2010-06-25T19:25:29Z

Former Gov. Dean lauds Senate deal on public health care option, saying it's 'a step forward'

A staunch supporter of a public option to expand health care says he's encouraged by a Senate compromise on the troublesome issue.

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a physician, said Wednesday he believes opening up Medicare to people 55 to 64 years old gives momentu...

Senate opens work on healthcare bill

2010-06-25T19:33:54Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments.

With the debate expected to last up to three weeks, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid w...

Government-run health care? No thanks

2010-10-05T12:49:01Z

The United States Senate has voted to move the health care bill to the Senate floor to begin debate before the actual vote. This follows the House of Representatives which adopted their view of health care reform by the narrowest of margins, 210-205, after having just hours to read and absorb a 2,000-page bill, and the vote took place on Saturday night. So much for President Obama?s campaign promises of ?transparency in government.? Both these actions follow a summer of discussion, town hall ...

How the Senate Health Care Bill Will Affect You

2010-10-22T13:22:15Z

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House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

2010-06-25T19:42:25Z

House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA

The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a political payoff.

The measure, approved on a near party-line vote of 243 to 183, is a top priority for the Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to "answer the call of history" and expand coverage to millions who lack it.

After months of struggle, Speaker Nancy Pelosi project...

AMA, AARP back House health care bill

2010-09-09T06:24:32Z

The push to overhaul health care received a major boost Thursday as the American Medical Association and AARP endorsed legislation drafted by top House Democrats.

The AARP, the nation's largest organization of older Americans, is a nonpartisan group that advocates for people 50 and older. The AMA, historically an opponent of health care reform, is considered one the nation's most influential doctors' advocacy groups.

"I want to thank both organizations again for their su...

House option for public plan wouldn't limit physician pay to Medicare rates

2010-11-02T12:43:05Z

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Debate has distinct campaign flavor

2010-06-25T19:59:13Z

Advocacy groups investing heavily to influence Nevada voters, lawmakers

Nevadans may have thought the big campaign ended last November, but their TVs are telling them otherwise.

The state has become a key battleground for one of the most expensive and consequential public policy debates in history: health care reform. Seven advocacy groups on both sides of the issue have spent more than $1.1 million in Nevada ove...

ObamaCare's Scary October Surprise

2010-10-24T09:55:20Z

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Health care businesses at risk in House overhaul

2010-06-25T20:05:10Z

Health bill hits insurers, drugs, medical devices as Dems search for votes, money to pass plan

The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers.

In most cases, the pain has been meted out with an eye toward raising the money needed to finance Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned a formal announcemen...

Caution guides Titus on health care

2010-04-16T09:36:35Z

SheÕs for public option, but against taxes that would hit some in district

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conducted for the liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee showed a slim majority of Nevadans favors the public option.

That figure jumps to 60 percent in Clark County.

The sign o...

Doctors begin TV ads pressing Congress on Medicare

2010-04-16T09:49:07Z

The American Medical Association is launching a coast-to-coast TV ad campaign to press Congress to approve higher payments for doctors treating Medicare patients.

The doctors group announced the ads Thursday, a day after Democrats agreed to push a $247 billion bill through the Senate next week averting scheduled cuts in physicians' Medicare fees ov...

Senate panel's health reform bill OK'd with 0.5% Medicare pay hike

2010-11-02T12:40:54Z

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Senate Finance Bill: Drug Industry Likes It, Unions Don’t

2010-10-24T09:57:30Z

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Physicians support combination of public and private healthcare coverage

2010-10-24T09:51:14Z

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A Better Health Care Alternative

2010-10-22T07:47:10Z

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Connecticut steps into federal health care debate

2010-04-16T10:01:12Z

Conn. officials demand to know if insurers discussed proposed health reform with policyholders

Connecticut officials demanded to know Friday if the state's five largest insurance companies have sent policyholders information about a possible impact on Medicare of health care changes debated in Washington.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and...

Democrats threaten to grow backbones over health reform

2010-10-22T07:50:00Z

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Baucus, Conrad Place the Almighty Dollar Over Morality

2010-10-22T07:39:06Z

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U.S. Senate panel backs health insurance requirement

2010-06-25T20:35:22Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel considering a sweeping healthcare overhaul upheld a requirement on Thursday that individuals purchase health insurance and rejected a proposal that could have scuttled an $80 billion White House deal with drugmakers.

On their third day of debate, members of the...

Biden tells seniors overhaul won't hurt Medicare

2010-04-16T10:11:23Z

Biden reassures seniors: 'Nobody is going to mess with your benefits'

Vice President Joe Biden sought to reassure nervous seniors Wednesday that they won't see cuts in their Medicare benefits if the nation's health care system is revamped.

"Nobody is going to mess with your benefits. Nobody. All we do is make it better for people on Medicare," Biden told about 1...

Health, Race And Obama

2010-10-22T07:46:13Z

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Gov't investigates health insurance company mailer

2010-04-16T10:12:48Z

The Obama administration warned insurance companies Monday they face possible legal action for allegedly trying to scare seniors with misleading information about the potential for lost benefits under health care legislation in Congress.

"As we continue our research into this issue, we are instructing you to immediately discontinue all such mailings to beneficiaries and to remove any related materials directed to GOP lawmaker warns against health care changes, says government involvement brings delays

A GOP congresswoman grateful for quick detection of her breast cancer says Democratic health overhaul plans could mean life-threatening delays in treatment.

Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina...

GOP lawmaker warns against health care changes

2010-04-16T10:14:24Z

A GOP congresswoman grateful for quick detection of her breast cancer says Democratic health overhaul plans could mean life-threatening delays in treatment.

Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina said in her party's weekly radio and Internet address that her diagnosis "took six doctors, three mammograms ...

A look at members of the Senate Finance Committee

2010-06-25T20:37:00Z

The Senate Finance Committee begins work on a health care overhaul bill Tuesday. A look at the committee members:

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MAX BAUCUS, D-Mont.

Baucus, 67, the committee chairman. He has spent the better part of two years patiently laying the groundwork for a bipartisan solution to health care. He led a group of two fellow

Aetna CEO sees support lacking for public plan

2010-06-25T20:41:10Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Support is lacking, particularly in the U.S. Senate, for a government-run health plan that would compete in the private marketplace, the chief executive of health insurer Aetna Inc &lt;AET.N&gt; said on Tuesday.

Democrats as well as Voices in the health care debate

Voices in the health care debate:

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"You can't cut deals to change provisions if you're not going to vote for the bill in committee and you're not going to vote for the bill on the floor." — Alex Vachon, health care analyst and former Republican Senate aide, referring to a lack of GOP

MEDICARE POLL

2010-12-30T01:00:26Z

Graphic shows poll results on public opinion about Medicare

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Medicare and the Boomers

2010-12-29T08:01:23Z

Fred Wemer stands outside his home in Seattle, in this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Wermer is a retired dentist and says Medicare pays his medical bills well enough, but he thinks there's a lot of waste in the program and doubts it will be there for his grandchildren. He opposes turning Medicare into a voucher plan for the purchase of private in...

Medicare Cuts

2010-11-12T14:03:03Z

Information relating to Medicare is seen at the offices of Dr. Kathryn Wagner, a breast cancer surgeon, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in San Antonio. Wagner has posted the warning in her waiting room about a different sort of risk to patients' health. The sign says she'll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts in doc...

Medicare Sleuths

2010-08-08T02:00:13Z

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo the Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wears two pairs of glasses while reading during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue, left, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks about the Social Security and Medicare Trustees report, Thursday, A...