Doctors up pressure on Medicare on anemia drugs
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U.S. cancer doctors on Thursday plan  to ratchet up pressure on the federal Medicare agency to  reverse new limits on use of anemia drugs made by Amgen Inc.  and Johnson & Johnson.
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WASHINGTON  New warnings on anemia drugs  Federal health officials issued stern new warnings Friday for doctors to more carefully prescribe widely used anemia drugs that can increase the risk of death and other serious problems in patients with cancer and kidney disease.
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Pharmacists, health experts and federal and state health officials are expressing &quot;serious concern&quot; about how nursing home residents will receive prescription drugs under the new Medicare law, the New York Times reports.
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The American Medical Association is weighing support of importing prescription drugs from outside the United States as the nation&#39;s physicians address pleas from patients over the high cost of medicines.
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Pressure is building against the widely reported gifts and other potential conflicts between drug companies and doctors.
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HE new, sharply higher charges announced for Medicare beneficiaries last week may prompt more elderly people to join Medicare health maintenance organizations operated by private industry
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WASHINGTON - 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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Debate about the safety of a group of  anemia drugs widely used in cancer patients should focus on a  minority of patients who got the drugs for unapproved uses,  doctors said on Sunday.
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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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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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Rising cost projections for the new  Medicare drug benefit alarmed U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday and  set off renewed calls to restrain spiraling drug prices and  allow pharmaceutical imports from Canada.
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A senior Medicare official said the case for cutting the use of controversial anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc and Johnson &amp; Johnson has become stronger since the agency decided last year to cut payments for their use in cancer patients.
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Specialists told Congress that the way Medicare pays for the drug, used to treat dialysis patients, encourages overuse and raises the risk of heart complications.
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As worries for its anemia drugs abate, investors will start to worry about Merck and Novartis.
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The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase the monthly premiums that wealthier Medicare beneficiaries pay for prescription drug coverage, officials said Friday.
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Jane Fumich and her team visit Cleveland's churches, public housing holiday parties and ward club meetings trying to give away the government's money &#151; without much success. A year after the Medicare overhaul became law, the Bush administration is struggling to get the poor signed up for a drug discount card that comes with &#36;1,200 in aid between now and 2006.
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One year after President Bush signed the new Medicare law, government officials and consumer advocates continue to be frustrated in their efforts to enroll low-income beneficiaries in the prescription drug discount card program.