Medicare to Cover Quit-Smoking Counseling
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Medicare will soon begin paying for counseling to help people quit smoking, the US Department of Health and Human Services (news - web sites) announced.
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I HAD A PATIENT who was a Navy fighter pilot. During his annual flight physical, he asked me if he should quit smoking. Although the answer seemed to be a no-brainer, I asked him what smoking did for him.
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New York would become the first state requiring all addiction treatment programs to help their clients quit smoking under a rule proposed yesterday.
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Tomorrow, November 18th, tobacco smokers and chewers across the nation will stay tobacco free for twenty-four hours or quit for good during the Great American Smokeout 2004.
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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Pinning down exact numbers is difficult, but behavioral and supportive therapies increase success rates for people who want to quit smoking, the American Cancer Society says.
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Each year, thousands of Americans die due to tobacco use and the American Cancer Society is sponsoring the 28th annual Great American Smokeout on Thursday to give all smokers and smokeless tobacco users the opportunity to quit.
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Even with Medicare, you'll end up paying nearly half of your health-care expenses, so if you don't have retiree coverage from your employer, you may want supplemental insurance. Make sure you have what you need.
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BOSTON -- Smokers would pay an extra 50 cents a pack for cigarettes under a plan being pushed by a health care advocacy group. The plan is designed to dramatically reduce the number of uninsured people in Massachusetts.
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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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One of the Defense Department&#39;s top doctors said he applauds any servicemember planning to use the American Cancer Society&#39;s 28th Great American Smokeout as their springboard to quit smoking.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 11--Free tobacco cessation classes are planned in Boise and Nampa.   The classes, which run for five weeks on Mondays and Tuesdays, begin Monday in Boise at the American Cancer Society, 2676 S.
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INDIANAPOLIS - A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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SUNDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- A large Internet study designed to evaluate the best way to help smokers kick the habit is being sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare said Thursday that it intends to pay for counseling to help some of the nation&#39;s 4 million older smokers kick the habit.
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A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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US researchers have found that a history of smoking can affect survival in patients with cancer of the head and neck. Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center said patients who had