Topic: United States
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly 15 million people in the United States take care of a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, amounting to 17 billion hours or more than $202 billion in unpaid care, Alzheimer's experts said on ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States stand to gain billions of dollars as provisions in the U.S. healthcare plan to move Medicaid patients out of institutions come on-line, with 13 states awarded $45 million in grants on Tuesday, the Health and Human Services Agency ...
Even modest retirement income can thwart your attempt to claim a parent as a dependent.Even modest retirement income can thwart your attempt to claim a parent as a dependent.Although you may spend a lot of time and money supporting an aging parent, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any fiscal plan that fails to tackle military spending, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is "a sparrow's belch in the midst of a typhoon," a chairman of a presidential deficit-reduction commission said in an interview aired on Sunday.Former Senator ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Affluent women expect to be more active than their male counterparts in retirement, but they are also more worried about outliving their money, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch study.The vast majority of affluent baby boomers, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday his healthcare overhaul is an important part of efforts to cut the budget deficit and insisted he will not "refight" the battle to pass the law.With emboldened Republicans vowing to repeal or replace ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday that it sued Boston Scientific Corp and Guidant, which it acquired in 2006, for selling defective heart devices implanted in Medicare patients.(Reporting by James Vicini and Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)90229836&bid=informcom" ...
CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan 5 - South Carolina Governor-elect Nikki Haley and state budget writers are scrambling for solutions as South Carolina faces a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall in its $5 billion budget.The state has three agencies -- Health and Human Services, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government fell deeper into the red in fiscal 2010 with net liabilities swelling more than $2 trillion as commitments on government debt and federal benefits rose, a U.S. Treasury report showed on Tuesday.The Financial Report of the ...
Fallout from Medicaid cuts: Teeth are pulled, transplants are denied, a pharmacy closesIn Illinois, a pharmacist closes his business because of late Medicaid payments. In Arizona, a young father's liver transplant is canceled because Medicaid suddenly won't pay for it. In California, ...
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