Insurers Object to New Provision in Medicare Law
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Private insurers have told the Bush administration that they will not expand their role in Medicare if they have to serve large multistate regions.
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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A federal judge has ruled that groups   attacking a new law requiring Medicaid recipients to show proof   of citizenship do not have legal standing to make such a   challenge, a lawyer in the case said on Tuesday.
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Consumer advocates backed by some  prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new  U.S. policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower  cholesterol.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow on Monday agreed with recent calls to reform Social Security and Medicare but offered no new proposals to keep the income and heath insurance programs for the elderly solvent.
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Advocacy groups for older people and the disabled urged lawmakers on Wednesday to let more people enroll in the Medicare drug plan this year without penalty.
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Big US businesses will in general maintain retiree health benefits next year despite fears they would be cut to compensate for benefits to the elderly in the new Medicare law, a survey found.
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Millions of older Americans are confronting a temporary break in their Medicare drug coverage this month that will require them to pay the full cost of their prescriptions or face the painful prospect of going without.
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The Bush administration demonstrated Friday it will strictly adhere to new guidelines that limit the scope of a popular children's health insurance program. It rejected an application from New York to let more middle-income families participate.
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The nation's insurance commissioners say the Bush administration has made misleading statements about the new Medicare drug benefit in an effort to persuade people to sign up.
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Big U.S. businesses will in general maintain retiree health benefits next year despite fears they would be cut to compensate for benefits to the elderly in the new Medicare law, a survey found.
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State leaders vow to try to extend insurance coverage, though a Dec. 26 US court ruling complicates their efforts.
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Older Americans are confused and unhappy about upcoming changes in the federal Medicare health program, according to a nonpartisan survey released on Tuesday that indicates the issue could help Democrats win the November vote.
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The new law has touched off a battle between insurance companies and drug companies that could determine how many medicines will be readily available to Medicare beneficiaries.
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THE REGION State regulators heard testimony again on a new system for apportioning among automobile insurers those drivers that no company wants to cover voluntarily. The so-called assigned-risk plan was put in place at the end of the Romney administration, but Governor Deval Patrick put it on hold so a study group appointed by his administration could review it. The ...
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A U.S. group charged with helping to develop Medicare guidelines released a proposal on Thursday classifying medicines in groups that could determine how likely certain drugs would be covered under a new prescription drug benefit.
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Members of Congress expressed concern about new data indicating that Medicare pays private health plans more than it would cost to care for the same patients in the traditional program.