Insurers Object to New Provision in Medicare Law
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Private insurers have told the Bush administration that they will not expand their role in Medicare if they have to serve large multistate regions.
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Cancer drug distributors are trying to charge storage and handling fees to the makers of the drugs, a move some consumer groups worry could undermine parts of the Medicare prescription benefit law meant to curb pricing abuses.
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Big U.S. businesses will in general  maintain retiree health benefits next year despite fears they  would be cut to compensate for benefits to the elderly in the  new Medicare law, a survey found.
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The former governor of Canada&#39;s central bank has made an unusual foray into the political fray over health care, questioning proposals for greater competition within the single-payer medicare system.
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A wide range of experts on long-term care express serious concern that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most of the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes.
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The Bush administration violated the law by allowing private insurers to limit choices of some patients in a small trial program of managed health care under Medicare, congressional investigators said.
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Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes has promised to keep a tight regulatory rein on automobile insurers as competition is introduced next year, but several state senators said yesterday they weren't content to rely on the commissioner's assurances.
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With the exception of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, most of the state's large health insurers will not raise premiums in 2005 for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare HMOs. Even so, seniors are not rushing to rejoin the plans, which are struggling to regain their trust after years of dramatic price increases.
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Few Employers Say They Will Drop Coverage In 2006 When Medicare Drug Law Is Implemented - As businesses struggle to control rising retiree health costs, they are asking their retirees to pay more and plan to do so again in 2005, according to a new survey
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The proposed rules for auto insurance competition in Massachusetts were met yesterday with skepticism from consumer advocates and caution from at least some insurers.
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A wide variety of experts on long-term care have expressed serious concern that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most of the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- While recent patient surveys have suggested that Americans of all backgrounds are getting important disease-screening tests, a new review of Medicare claims refutes that view.
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U.S. Medicare officials are  reconsidering a decision earlier this year not to pay for  artificial spinal discs in the lower back for older patients,  but are excluding Johnson & Johnson's Charite, an agency  spokesman said Wednesday.
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Health insurers that offer HMO-type Medicare plans in Massachusetts say they&#39;re holding the line or even lowering rates on the plans in 2005.
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New estimates for Medicare's prescription drug benefit prompted members of Congress to demand changes in the law before the benefit becomes available next year.
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Consumer advocates backed by some  prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new  U.S. policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower  cholesterol.