Topic: Medicare

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

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.All that’s needed are some nips and tucks to get the supplemental retirement program on a ...

The Republicans really don't want to lose again.It's not just about halting their special election losing streak, which has seen them go down to defeat in what should have been safe Republican districts.They are waging a message battle to gain the upper ...

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 ...

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

(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 rates to acute-care ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...