Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly
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Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.
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The Bush administration's efforts to carry out the first phase of its Medicare law, providing drug discount cards to the elderly, have been plagued with difficulties.
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Elderly clients thought they had every reason to trust Michael DelMonico as a financial counselor. After all, the Massachusetts insurance agent had become a "Certified Senior Adviser" in 2002, a credential he made sure to advertise on fliers sent to retirees.
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A day before the first presidential debate, the government's health policy watchdog raised concerns that early mailings to seniors about the new Medicare prescription discount cards championed by President Bush were confusing or inadequate.
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WASHINGTON -- Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost seniors and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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Bill Clinton is a man close to 60, with a little pudge and a longtime love of junk food. That fits the stereotype for heart disease. Needing bypass surgery, however, suggests that the former president's disease is relatively extensive, and that's surprising for an active dignitary who presumably has top-notch and timely physical checkups.
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Pet owners who find their dog chewing through the medicine cabinet now have a place to turn to for expert advice. Angell Memorial Hospital opened its animal poison control center hotline yesterday
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Twenty years after Congress vowed to improve the way we care for the old and the infirm, nursing homes still inspire dread. But some mavericks are working to deinstitutionalize them and make them more like home.
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Retirees face a whopping medical bill in their golden years.
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With a new Medicare drug benefit set to begin in 2006, Americans 65 and older can expect to spend a large and growing share of their Social Security checks on
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Just a few years ago,  a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an  inkling about how to care for the elderly.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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A new DVD by Paul Owens offers genteel pet-training advice.
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An economic forecaster has found a $2 billion black hole in Labor&#39;s Medicare Gold plan to cover the hospital costs of elderly patients.
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For a president who delivered more than $500 billion in drug and health benefits to people  older than 65, Bush is not enjoying an advantage with the beneficiaries of that largess.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record &#36;11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money.