Updated: 12:09 p.m.
Seniors and people with disabilities who receive health care through Medicare* might have an additional service covered in the near future: testing for sexually transmitted diseases such syphilis, gonorrhea and hepatitis B, according to a Reuters report. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is due More…
With the Obama administration revealing today that health-care spending in 2008 saw its smallest rise since 1960, long-time health policy reporter Merrill Goozner points out why the news is not as good as it first appears.
“[D]on’t break out the champagne quite yet,” he writes today. “The More…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wants a “further review” in the wake of new White House guidelines reversing an earlier policy that prohibited health insurers from urging Medicare beneficiaries to oppose the Democrats’ health reforms, which include clipping more than $100 billion from Medicare Advantage plans.
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While the Senate Finance Committee is still working on opening statements, the storm surrounding the Medicare Advantage program — in which the government buys insurance for Medicare patients from private insurance companies — is blowing up.
That’s because the agency that runs Medicare announced yesterday that More…
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