Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly
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Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.
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Twenty years after Congress vowed to improve the way we care for the old and the infirm, nursing homes still inspire dread. But some mavericks are working to deinstitutionalize them and make them more like home.
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Amid Social Security debate, this week's news on drug-benefit costs hint at a $27 trillion Medicare obligation.
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Bill Clinton is a man close to 60, with a little pudge and a longtime love of junk food. That fits the stereotype for heart disease.
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A retired hospital administrator and instructor, she has spent the past few months getting seniors up to speed on the federal program&#39;s discount drugs cards, available this and next year before
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Time served and well behaved, but maybe too old to change.
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J ohn Kerry&#39;s relentless attacks against the president&#39;s Medicare reform and prescription drug bill are rather brazen for a 19-year senator who didn&#39;t even care enough to show up for 36 out of 38 votes on the historic bill, including final passage.
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Fido may not be able to say where it hurts, but veterinarians at Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain will be able to peer into his brain with an MRI being installed this month.
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As restructuring Social Security moves to the top of his agenda, President Bush is sidestepping a troublesome problem: Medicare, which provides health insurance for
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The US government has announced a record increase in Medicare premiums for 2005, and all depending which side you&#39;re on in the Presidential race, it&#39;s either an enhanced package for senior citizens, or the elderly population is being socked with the
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The U.S. government insurance plan for the elderly and disabled will pay for doctors to run PET brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Many cannot easily shop around for the best bargains on their drugs, as other Medicare beneficiaries are supposed to do.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Despite absorbing three straight years of double-digit increases in retiree health-care costs, more than half of employers that offer retiree health and drug coverage plan to keep it when the Medicare prescription drug benefit
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Don't count on your friendly brokerage to steer you to a comfy old age.
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While some officials boasted about the success of the Medicare drug benefit, Abby L. Block, 75, stayed at her desk and made it work.
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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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The demand for dialysis brings new strains to MedicareÂs budget and prompts the question: When is it ethical to stop the treatment?