Feds Tout Medicare's Preventive Benefits
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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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American Cancer Society - Medicare will soon begin paying for counseling to help people quit smoking, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced.
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Steps aimed at cutting Medicare fraud and payment errors in half over the next four years were announced by U.S. health officials on Monday.
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In just over a year, the 1.5 million US citizens who live in nursing homes will become eligible for the new prescription-drug benefit that is a part of the newly revamped Medicare law.
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Medicare will test the idea of paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch influenza, the U.S. government's health insurance plan for the elderly said on Friday.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday that extra money it is paying Medicare managed care plans is leading to lower costs and better services for patients.
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The Bush administration said Medicare would soon pay for counseling to help beneficiaries stop smoking.
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The US government on Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly implanted heart devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp.
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Most large employers will maintain prescription drug benefits for retirees after the Medicare drug insurance program begins in 2006, according to a study released Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 15, 2004 - A day before the first presidential debate, the government&#39;s health policy watchdog raised concerns that early mailings to seniors about the new Medicare prescription discount
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President Bush added Medicare to the government's fix-it list Wednesday after new figures showed the first full decade of the program's prescription benefit will cost taxpayers &#36;724 billion.
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially  life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to  benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude  Medical Inc.
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The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical Inc.
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For the next four weeks, federal employees and retirees will select their health insurance coverage for 2007. Many will escape the sticker shock of past years, as federal officials say 63 percent of enrollees in the federal employee health insurance program will see no increase in their premiums...
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Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are projected to reap substantial savings from the new Part D prescription drug benefit; however, others may pay as much or more for their prescriptions after implementation of the law, a new analysis released by The
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The Illinois Foundation for Health Care helps the flow of services funded by Medicare, the federal health-care program for seniors, to beneficiaries in Illinois.
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Federal officials say rising costs, increased payments and some new benefits mean Medicare must raise its Part B premium 17% next year for most of the nearly 42 million seniors and disabled people covered by the program.