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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Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost older people and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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A day after President Bush touted his efforts to help the elderly cope with increased medical expenses, federal officials announced the largest premium increase in the Medicare program&#39;s
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They&#39;re not exactly giving away toasters to new members, but Medicare HMOs in South Florida are offering lots of new goodies to get senior citizens to join up.
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People looking for a way to lose weight may want to trade in pills for a pooch. A first-of-its-kind experiment to put people and their pets on a diet and exercise program
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An author of last year's law creating Medicare prescription drug benefits says liberal groups are undermining the program by spreading false information about it, and he wants them to stop. But the organizations will have none of it.
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Elderly clients thought they had every reason to trust Michael DelMonico as a financial counselor. After all, the Massachusetts insurance agent had become a "Certified Senior Adviser" in 2002, a credential he made sure to advertise on fliers sent to retirees.
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In the past decade, the number of elderly Americans in assisted living has tripled, to nearly one million.
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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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Democrats say failed Republican policies are behind rising Medicare premiums that are leaving millions of older Americans scrambling for basic health care.
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Sexual performance drugs such as Viagra will be covered in Medicare's new prescription drug program, a lifestyle rather than lifesaving benefit that conservatives and watchdog groups say the government shouldn't provide.
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A day before the first presidential debate, the government's health policy watchdog raised concerns that early mailings to seniors about the new Medicare prescription discount cards championed by President Bush were confusing or inadequate.
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WASHINGTON One day after President George W. Bush touted his efforts to help the elderly cope with increased medical expenses, US officials announced the largest premium increase in the Medicare program&#39;s history, raising the monthly expense $11.
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It had been thought that the patter of paws would go the way of casual Fridays and massages at your desk, but, the dogs, it seems, are here to stay.
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The U.S. government health 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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Changes to Medicare have many seniors in a tailspin. Prescription drug cards, managed care, Medigap, Part B -- they can&#39;t sort it out on their own, and the constant barrage of targeted advertisements and slick-sounding come-ons don&#39;t help.
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His case is bringing awareness to the larger problem of how to care for Italy's aging population.