Candidates address Medicare premiums
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Local congressional candidates have weighed in on the 17 percent increase in Medicare Part B monthly premiums recently announced by the Bush administration.
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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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Government and health organization leaders on Monday urged Medicare beneficiaries to take advantage of new preventive benefits, saying the emphasis on prevention will save lives and billions of dollars in health care costs.
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On Tuesday, Elizabeth Edwards, Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama, Ann Romney and Jeri Kehn Thompson talked about the rigors of the presidential campaign.
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Republican presidential hopefuls John McCain and Mike Huckabee courted seniors Thursday with promises to slow soaring health care costs but neither endorsed the type of universal health care system offered by their Democratic rivals.
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President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry are offering distinct plans to help Americans cope with the rising costs of health care.
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The Medicare drug benefit has come in way under budget this year, which supporters boast is a testament to the benefits of competition.
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Health-care providers and pundits are applauding the medicare deal while trying to figure out who will get what. The deal, announced early yesterday, will see $18 billion over six years flowing to the provinces
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry decried President George W. Bush's health care policy, saying Americans are paying too much for medication while neighboring Canadians are able to buy cheaper prescription drugs.
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Health care costs have risen much faster than the increases in social Security benefits, says John Kerry. He says the elderly of America will have a much better deal if he becomes President.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers poking holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of $58.
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LONDON, Ont. (CP) - Health care was the focus Monday as the three candidates vying for leadership of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party had their final televised debate of the campaign.
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The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.
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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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Re Save Medicare With A Dose Of Competition (Aug. 30): Michael Kirby and Wilbert Keon claim a dose of competition is needed for &quot;monopolistic&quot; health-care providers and physicians who impede productivity gains.
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Most elderly and disabled people on Medicare will see their premiums rise to $93.50 a month next year, a 5.6 percent increase that is much lower than had been anticipated.
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It will be the first time that high-income beneficiaries will have higher premiums for Medicare coverage.