Topic: Medicare
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
(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 new products in parallel ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 United States is struggling to recover from a ...
WASHINGTON (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 Medicare, which covers ...
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 ...
Allow Medicare to collect greater rebates for drug purchasesThe 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 ...
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