U.S. healthcare cuts minimal, more pain looms

2011-11-22T07:30:20Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The breakdown of deficit talks in Congress will exact little pain on the U.S. healthcare industry, but it's a temporary reprieve from steeper cuts that could be put back on the table in 2013.

The failure of the congressional "super committee" to reach a deal triggers a two percent across-the-board cut to

Healthcare cuts minimal, more pain looms

2011-11-21T15:30:19Z

The failure of the congressional "super committee" to reach a deal triggers a 2 percent across-the-board cut to

High-Income Seniors Hit With Medicare Surcharge

2011-11-21T11:30:31Z

You'll have to pay more for Part B and Part D if your income tops a certain level.

After several years of being retired, I had a big bump-up in income in 2009 when I exercised stock options. That triggered a high-income surcharge for my Part B and Part D Medicare premiums this year. Does this mean I will have to pay the high-income surcharge next year, too?

More Americans than not want health law repeal: poll

2011-11-16T15:00:10Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, more Americans want to see it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows.

A Gallup survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found that 47 percent favor the repeal of health...

Public employers search for healthcare savings

2011-11-08T15:00:32Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public employers can find savings on healthcare costs and still deliver high-quality benefits, according a study released on Tuesday.

Benefits for public employees, especially pensions, have been under attack for more than a year

Fiscal conservatives say cities and local governments, suffering from a collapse in revenues from the recession that began in 2007, sho...

Health cost of 6 U.S. climate disasters: $14 billion

2011-11-07T13:30:23Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said on Monday.

"When extreme weather hits, we hear about the property damage and insurance costs," said Kim Knowlton, a senior scientist at Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Monday they were further delaying rules that would force drugmakers and device companies to report all payments and gifts to doctors.

The Physician Payment Sunshine Act became part of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul last year, and requires manufacturers to report all pa...

Medicare Premiums to Decrease for Some

2011-10-31T10:30:53Z

However, high-income beneficiaries will continue to pay extra for Medicare Part B and Part D.

Do you know how much the Medicare Part B premiums will be for 2012? How much extra will high-income people pay for Medicare coverage next year?

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Open enrollment: Higher pay could mean higher premiums

2011-10-28T12:30:08Z

(Reuters) - Open enrollment for benefits ends today at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Jason Rothstein, 40, has just finished all the needed paperwork. Once again, his health insurance premiums will go up - about 5 to 6 percent in 2012. And, as an employee with earnings in the ...

Medicare 2012 premium hike smaller than feared

2011-10-27T14:30:23Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most elderly Americans covered by the government's Medicare insurance program will see a smaller-than-expected rise in their monthly premiums next year, health officials said on Thursday.

Standard premiums for Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, outpatient services and some home healthcare, will be $99.90. For mo...

Wal-Mart to cut some US health coverage

2011-10-21T20:30:14Z

American retail giant Wal-Mart said it will no longer provide health insurance to new part-time US employees working less than 24 hours a week and charge more for workers who smoke.

Wal-Mart, which has 1.4 million employees in the United States, will also increase coverage costs for all employees, as health costs rise. The changes, which wil...

Most in Massachusetts want state push on health costs

2011-10-21T15:30:11Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Most Massachusetts residents want their state government to take action to reduce high healthcare costs that they blame on drug and insurance companies charging too much, a survey showed on Friday.

Massachusetts has almost universal healthcare insurance coverage thanks to a 2006 law driven by current Republican pres...

Walmart trims certain employee health coverage

2011-10-21T09:00:09Z

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and will charge workers who use tobacco more for coverage as healthcare costs rise, the company said on Friday.

Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer and the nation's largest private employer,...

Wal-Mart trims certain employee health coverage

2011-10-21T08:30:30Z

Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. retailer and the nation's largest private employer...

Medicare relaxes rules for coordinated care

2011-10-20T14:30:24Z

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Thursday relaxed rules to make it easier for hospitals and doctors to receive financial incentives if they work together to coordinate patient care.

The so-called Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are an experimental part of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, meant to imp...

Organizing care for special needs kids saves money

2011-10-20T12:30:42Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Families with special needs kids can save up to a third of their out-of pocket medical expenses by having a so-called "medical home" coordinate the care for their child, a news study suggests.

A medical home could be a primary care doctor's office that incorporates the family in medical decision-making and coordinates and follows up on visits to specialists.

HHS loosens Medicare red tape as part of Obama plan

2011-10-19T08:31:12Z

(Reuters) - Health officials on Tuesday proposed loosening some Medicare rules in what they say could lead to $1.1 billion in first-year savings as part of President Barack Obama's effort to cut federal red tape.

Most of the savings would come through changes to the conditions of participa...

U.S. deficit panel weighs Medicare doctor payments

2011-10-12T15:00:16Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional "super committee" charged with reducing U.S. budget deficits is considering tackling a measure that could make their job even harder by preventing a steep pay cut for Medicare doctors.

The bipartisan panel that has been tasked with finding at leas...

Deficit panel weighs Medicare doctor payments

2011-10-12T14:00:35Z

The bipartisan panel that has been tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over 10 yea...

Wells Fargo gives staff tough choices for healthcare

2011-10-12T14:00:23Z

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co, one of the largest U.S. employers, plans to cut costs by moving its workers into insurance plans that encourage them to spend less on healthcare.

The bank confirmed to Reuters that it's rolling out a new insurance plan next year that will give employees accounts to help cover medical expenses. Th...

FDA, Medicare to review medical devices in tandem

2011-10-07T12:30:16Z

(Reuters) - U.S. health officials are launching a trial of a program meant to speed up Medicare payment decisions for new medical devices.

The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the safety and effectiveness of the devices, will review...

Some Medicare plan prices drop: now is time to shop

2011-10-05T15:30:19Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you're a senior on Medicare - or if you help out aging parents with their money matters - it's time to get ready to shop. The annual enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug and Advantage managed care plans is about to begin, and it's one of the best opportunities of the year for seniors to save money.

The new he...

Medicare prescription drug abuse a problem: GAO

2011-10-04T11:30:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prescription drug abuse by elderly and disabled beneficiaries of Medicare cost the U.S. program nearly $150 million in 2008, highlighting an area where the government can seek to save health costs.

According to a government report released on Tuesday, some of these patients went to at least five doctors to ge...

Analysis: States lobby against Medicaid cuts in Congress

2011-09-28T22:30:08Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With billions of dollars in Medicaid spending at risk in Congress, states are forming a loose confederacy to oppose any federal cuts that could damage state budgets already awash in red ink.

The "red" and "blue" states that mark America's political divide between conservative and liberal sympathies are often ...

U.S. health insurance premiums climb faster in 2011

2011-09-27T09:00:28Z

(Reuters) - The cost of health insurance continues to climb for U.S. companies and workers, with annual family premiums this year growing at a pace triple that of 2010 and outpacing wage increases, according to a survey.

As the United States continues to grapple with a stubbornly weak economy, family premiums in employer-sponsored hea...

States still unclear on health insurance exchanges

2011-09-20T18:30:10Z

CRYSTAL CITY, Virginia (Reuters) - State health officials weighing the 2014 arrival of insurance exchanges heard little about the federally run option in a two-day meeting with U.S. health regulators.

States are facing three options in building the exchanges, a key aspect of President Barack Obama'...

Analysis: Obama deficit plan unlikely to impress ratings firms

2011-09-20T13:30:22Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to tame U.S. budget deficits probably relies too much on ending wars and too little on tackling health care spending to impress Wall Street credit rating agencies.

The Reuters) - The U.S. hospital and drug industries lashed out at provisions of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan that would saddle them with more than $200 billion in federal healthcare spending cuts.

Lobbyists vowed to fight proposals for Here's how to take advantage of an FSA before the amount you can contribute to one is lowered in 2013.

Here's how to take advantage of an FSA before the amount you can contribute to one is lowered in 2013.

Will the maximum amount that I can contribute to my employer’s medical flexible spending account shrink next year? I recall hearing that the contribution limits will change.

Actually, the rules won’t change until 2013, when the maximum am...

Judge rejects health care insurance mandate

2011-09-13T13:00:20Z

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania said the insurance-buying mandate in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unconstitutional, the latest ruling over an issue likely to be taken up by the Supreme Court.

District Judge Christopher...

U.S. unveils ambitious plan to reduce heart attacks

2011-09-13T13:00:13Z

(Reuters) - U.S. health officials are teaming up with insurance companies, pharmacies, health providers and community groups in a campaign to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years.

The plan announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<...

The Times' piece spells trouble for Berkley

2011-09-08T02:30:20Z

There are always three barometers of any story damaging to a political figure: The substance of the piece, the ensuing damage control effort (which either ameliorates or exacerbates) and the political fallout.What we know for certain is that Rep. Shelley Berkley knew this week's New York Times investigative piece detai...

Q+A: Will debt panel tackle Medicare, Social Security?

2011-09-07T16:00:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new congressional "super committee" will face tough choices on politically popular government health and retirement programs as it tries to draft a plan to reduce deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over a decade.

The panel has until November 23 to make recommendations that the Senate and Allow Medicare to collect greater rebates for drug purchases

The prescription drug plan for Medicare recipients has turned into a sweetheart deal for pharmaceutical manufacturers that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars. The 2003 law that created the optional Part D Medicare program for elderly and disabled recipients is causing this problem. That's because

How to Find Doctors Who Accept Medicare

2011-08-22T10:30:23Z

Start your search online and be willing to switch plans to get access to a bigger network of providers.

My parents are moving from Florida to Wisconsin and are having a difficult time finding doctors who accept Medicare. Are there any good re...

Employees beware: Higher healthcare costs ahead

2011-08-18T12:00:41Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Large employers expect big increases in healthcare costs in 2012, and say they'll pass more and more of those costs on to their workers. That's the result of a new survey by the National Business Group on Health, a trade group for these large companies.

"It's a ...

The Good News on Social Security

2011-08-18T10:30:22Z

All that’s needed are some nips and tucks to get the supplemental retirement program on a sounder financial path. The tougher problems are with Medicare and Medicaid.

“Medicare.

Nevada's special election in...

Health spending more complex than Medicare shows

2011-08-09T21:30:10Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Communities known for paying the most on healthcare may not be spending as much as once thought, according to new data released on Wednesday.

A Thomson Reuters study, touted as the first of its kind, examined private insurance claims for 23.5 million Americans across the U.S. in 2009. The findings identified "metropolitan statistical ar...

Top 11 Takeaways from the Debt Deal

2011-08-05T10:30:13Z

A real solution to federal debt and deficit woes remains elusive. More pain ahead? The deal could hurt the U.S. economy.

Now that Congress has defused the debt limit time bomb, it’s tempting to forget the enormity of the federal government’s fiscal problems. But, althoug...

Acute-care hospitals to see higher Medicare payments

2011-08-01T15:30:27Z

(Reuters) - The U.S. government announced an increase in reimbursement rates to acute-care hospitals for 2012, a sharp contrast to the cut it announced for skilled nursing facilities on Friday.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) increased payment ra...

Factbox: Key elements of U.S. debt deal

2011-07-31T21:00:09Z

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Sunday that Republican and Democratic leaders had agreed on a last-ditch deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avoid a catastrophic default, and he urged lawmakers to "do the right thing" and approve the agreement.

Here is a su...

Healthcare access lagging in rural U.S.: report

2011-07-27T13:00:52Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rural Americans are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart problems and cancer, and face greater difficulty accessing quality healthcare than urban counterparts, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The challenges facing healthcare providers for rural areas could be compounded by recent healthcare legislation, according to ...

Access to healthcare more difficult for rural Americans

2011-07-27T07:30:14Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) - Rural Americans are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart problems and cancer, and face greater difficulty getting quality healthcare than their urban counterparts, according to a report released Wednesday.

The challenges facing healthcare providers for rural areas could be compounded by recent healthcare legislation, accord...

Rural Americans face greater lack of healthcare access: report

2011-07-26T21:30:09Z

The challenges facing healthcare providers for rural areas could be compounded by recent healthcare legislation, according to ...

Medigap limits could save Medicare money

2011-07-20T12:00:55Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal deficit-reduction proposals that would limit Medicare supplemental insurance plans could save money but raise costs for some elderly beneficiaries, a study said on Wednesday.

Requiring higher out-of-pocket costs and deductibles for private "Medigap" plans is contained in most deficit reduction proposals being weig...

Medicare in CD2 spotlight

2011-07-19T02:30:22Z

After flipping New York's 26th District in a special election two months ago, national Democrats were sure they would come up with a surefire formula to win back the House next year: Medicare.

Democrats thought they won that heavily Republican district because they painted themselves as protectors of the social safety net against a Republican onslaught in the form of Rep...

Perry signs bill allowing Texas healthcare "compact"

2011-07-18T17:00:18Z

AUSTIN (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry signed into law on Monday a Republican-backed measure that would eventually allow Texas to enter into a "health care compact" with other states to seek flexibility in operating

Ad hoc efforts help cut U.S. healthcare costs

2011-07-15T09:02:01Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare, comparative research made physicians realize that inducing early childbirth in healthy women created unnecessary and costly risks for newborns.

Artificially induced deliveries had become an accepted way to make childbirth fit busy personal schedules. The practice has health ris...

Medicaid improves health and budgets of poor

2011-07-07T14:00:16Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicaid, a government health insurance program designed to help the poorest of the poor, is giving people unprecedented access to doctors and also improving their finances, a study co-authored by the Harvard School of Public Health<...

Medicare will keep covering Roche's Avastin

2011-06-30T10:30:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare will continue coverage of Roche Holdings' drug Avastin for breast cancer regardless of what U.S. health regulators decide about...

IRS Helping Ease the Pain at the Pump

2011-06-29T10:30:12Z

You can write off more the second half of the year for each mile you drive for business, moving or medical purposes.

Good news if you use your car for business, medical or moving purposes: The IRS is raising the tax-deductible mileage rate to offset high gas costs.

Starting July 1, when you use your car for business, you'l...

Death rates higher for patients in U.S. territories

2011-06-28T13:00:08Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitals in the U.S. territories see more deaths after heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia than the states, according to a study out Tuesday.

Researchers said the healthcare gap is not explained by patients being sicker or hospitals lacking medical facilities, but could be due to a lack of federal f...

Medicare preventive care use still spotty

2011-06-20T15:00:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than five million Medicare recipients have used preventive healthcare services to date in 2011, and U.S. health officials are trying to accelerate that trend to combat crippling healthcare costs.

The Reuters) - Humana Inc said on Friday that it would be willing to continue insurance coverage for Illinois state employees and retirees another 90 days, even though the state has announced plans to remove it as an option for workers after the end of the month.

The insur...

U.S. lifts sanctions against Aetna Medicare

2011-06-13T15:30:39Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aetna Inc said on Monday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had lifted a ban on the No. 3 health insurer's marketing and enrollment of new members to its Medicare p...

THE SUN'S MOST READ STORIES*

2011-06-10T02:30:23Z

1. Another sexting partner of Rep. Anthony Weiner emerges, reluctantly. Georgia woman's roommate revealed more sexual Facebook messages.

2. 5 reasons Carolyn Goodman is our new mayor. Goodman, a former private school administrator, beat opponent

Healthcare battle unfolds in Atlanta court

2011-06-08T14:31:02Z

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lawyers for President Barack Obama sought on Wednesday to stave off the biggest legal challenge yet to healthcare reform, his signature domestic policy achievement.

The administration presented oral arguments as it appealed a ruling by a Florida judge who dec...

Republican says no 'political fallout' from cuts

2011-05-27T17:30:21Z

The US Senate's top Republican predicted Friday that voters in the 2012 election won't punish his party for demanding huge spending cuts to reduce the US deficit.

"We don't know what the issues are going to be in next year's election, it's a year and a half from now," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

McConnell says Medicare will be part of deficit deal

2011-05-27T09:00:16Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the Medicare healthcare program will be part of any bipartisan agreement to reduce the U.S. deficit and incr...

Republicans stick to plan to privatize Medicare

2011-05-25T14:30:16Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Wednesday stuck by their plan to privatize the Medicare federal health insurance program for the elderly despite a rebuke from voters in a special congressional election in New York state.

"We can no longer let politicians in US Democrat Party was jubilant Wednesday after an upset victory in a congressional by-election seen as baring a potentially fatal weakness in Republican strategy ahead of 2012 national polls.

The immediate battle in upstate New York's 26th Congressional District was to fill the usually safe Republican seat vacated by

Deficit talks look at spending-cut compromises

2011-05-25T12:00:21Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deficit-reduction negotiators have identified broad areas for saving hundreds of billions of dollars but still disagree on changing the costly but popular Medicare program, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.

Vice...

Democrats score upset victory in NY election

2011-05-25T03:00:08Z

The Democratic Party scored an upset victory late Tuesday in a tight Congressional by-election seen testing Republicans' strategy on politically sensitive budget cuts ahead of 2012 nationwide vote.

The race in western New York's 26th Congressional District saw ...

Democrat set for upset win in NY election

2011-05-24T21:00:27Z

The Democratic Party appeared to have scored an upset victory late Tuesday in a tight Congressional by-election seen testing Republicans' strategy on politically sensitive budget cuts ahead of 2012 nationwide polls.

The race in western New York state's 26th Con...

Social Security, Medicare burning through funds

2011-05-14T04:30:15Z

The United States is burning through its health care and retirement fund pools faster than planned, with the Medicare trust fund to be exhausted by 2024, five years earlier than expected, officials said.

A combination of higher costs and lower-than-expected revenues has worsened the outlook for Medicare as well as for So...

Medicare to exhaust funds sooner, report finds

2011-05-13T09:30:48Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the government's most popular programs for the elderly, Medicare and Social Security, will run out of money sooner than thought earlier as a slow-growing economy saps revenues, a report Friday said.

Truste...

Medicaid cuts seen hurting elderly, disabled

2011-05-12T13:00:37Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed cuts in the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor could have a broad impact on the elderly and disabled and family members who care for them, an advocacy group said on Thursday.

Ron Pollack, who heads the healthcare advocacy group

U.S. House committee not to move Medicare plan

2011-05-05T07:00:48Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said Thursday his panel has no plans to move forward on a Republican proposal that would privatize the Medicare health program for future retirees.

Camp said he would rather move a compromise on Medicare a...

Hospitals to get cash boost for better care

2011-04-29T10:30:17Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hospitals that improve medical care for elderly patients, and reduce deadly errors, will get millions of dollars under an incentive program launched on Friday that aims to cut overall Medicare costs.

The government healthcare program for seniors spent about $4.4 billion in 2009 to...

U.S. Republicans regroup on Medicare, budget plan

2011-04-27T07:30:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers privately discussed ways on Tuesday to better explain a proposed overhaul of a popular healthcare program for the elderly after a number of testy exchanges with constituents.

"Some members are feeling the heat," a congressional aide said, referring to some voters' reaction to a proposal by Paul Ry...

Stents: How new technology drives health costs

2011-04-25T15:30:08Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart devices known as drug-eluting stents have added as much as $1.57 billion to U.S. health costs since their introduction in 2003, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

The study offers an illustration of how new technology can drive health costs, the researc...

US drug spending slows; hits $307 bln in 2010: report

2011-04-19T09:00:32Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. spending growth on prescription drugs slowed to 2.3 percent in 2010 - the second lowest level in 55 years, according to a report by consulting firm IMS Health.

Even with the slowing growth rate, spending on prescription medicines reach...

Republicans gamble on long-term spending cuts

2011-04-16T20:30:29Z

Republicans have gambled on a risky course to deny President Barack Obama reelection in 2012: deep long-term spending cuts that could cost them critical support from elderly voters.

Republicans owed their November 2010 rout of Democrats in large part to Americans over 65, who went for the party by a 59-38 margin four years after splitting evenly in the 2...

US House passes Republican spending plan

2011-04-15T17:30:26Z

President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the US House of Representatives muscled their politically risky budget to passage Friday, calling it the cure to out-of-control government spending.

In an almost perfect party-line vote, lawmakers voted 235-193 to approve the non-binding blueprint crafted by Republican

Obama lays out vision for curing U.S. fiscal woes

2011-04-13T13:30:20Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday laid out his long-term strategy to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years.

He proposed four steps: savings on the defense budget, elimination of waste in healthcare spending, control of d...

Obama targets $4 trillion cut in deficit

2011-04-13T10:30:37Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed cutting ballooning U.S. budget deficits by $4 trillion over 12 years on Wednesday and called for talks with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to address the worsening fiscal woes.

Obama, who has been criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for taking...

Illinois agency OKs program to pay Medicaid bills

2011-04-12T14:30:16Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - With Illinois facing a growing pile of bills from Medicaid providers that is adding to its fiscal woes, the state's finance authority board on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a program to speed up payments.

Under the program, t...

Health cuts loom in new U.S. budget fights

2011-04-11T13:30:24Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a narrow escape from a potentially damaging government shutdown, even bigger budget fights lie ahead for President Barack Obama and leaders from both parties in the U.S. Congress.

Senior

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...

MEDICAID CUTS

2010-12-13T12:32:10Z

Chart shows breakdown of percentage of Medicaid costs associated with each enrollment group; and the decade long trend between enrollment and Medicaid spending.

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Medicaid Cuts Fallout