NAIC to Congress: Medicare Cost-Sharing May Result in Higher Costs
By Elizabeth D. FestaThe NAIC warns Congress that Medicare cost-sharing proposals currently under consideration may make Medicare more costly in the long run, even contributing to beneficiaries who might decline needed services deemed too expensive.
October 19, 2011
Help Your Senior Clients Take Advantage of Medicare AdvantageSeniors who rely on privately administered Medicare Advantage plans for their benefits will face the biggest adjustments. That's too bad, as Medicare Advantage has a strong track record of delivering health benefits that meet or even exceed those of conventional Medicare.
October 19, 2011
Help Your Senior Clients Take Advantage of Medicare AdvantageSeniors who rely on privately administered Medicare Advantage plans for their benefits will face the biggest adjustments. That's too bad, as Medicare Advantage has a strong track record of delivering health benefits that meet or even exceed those of conventional Medicare.
October 14, 2011
LTC Providers Court Super CommitteeAQNHC is panning what it says are shortsighted Medicare and Medicaid cost-sharing proposals.
October 12, 2011
Can Medicare Be Saved? Antos Makes Case for HopeAn American Enterprise Institute scholar says Congress can still get its act together.
October 12, 2011
Can Medicare Be Saved? Antos Makes Case for HopeAn American Enterprise Institute scholar says Congress can still get its act together.
October 04, 2011
Medicare to go high-tech?In a defensive move against rampant waste and fraud in the Medicare system, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers has proposed employing smart card technology to protect the identity of Medicare beneficiaries and their health-care providers.
October 04, 2011
Hospitals: Raise Medicare eligibility ageFearing that the deficit reduction super committee may decide to cut their payments in its effort to reduce the Medicare budget, hospitals are lobbying for an increase in the eligibility age for Medicare.