Aging: For Uninsured, Medicare Makes a Healthy Impact
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Uninsured people 55 and older significantly reduce their risk of declining health after they enroll in Medicare at 65, a new study suggests.
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The technological marvels of medicine mean that the insured majority are being treated for ailments that went untreated or undetected years ago.
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When it comes to finding the best deal  on prescriptions under the Medicare health insurance program,  68-year-old Carol Paremske of Miami says she knows all the  tricks.
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When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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President Bush&#39;s signature accomplishment in health care was the passage of a Medicare reform bill last fall that provided, for the first time, coverage for prescription drugs.
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Description: Medicare officials announce the largest-ever increase in Medicare premiums in the program&#39;s 40-year history. In 2005, seniors and the disabled who purchase coverage under Medicare&#39;s Part B program
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A "Welcome to Medicare" physical, diabetes screening and cholesterol screening aimed at catching common problems early are new benefits that will kick in this week.
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NEW YORK  - The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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Medicare, the U.S. insurance program for elderly and disabled Americans, should lump the price of anemia drugs with overall payments for kidney dialysis services to improve efficiency and contain costs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.
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The U.S. government hopes to entice  companies into offering the elderly cost-saving prescription  drug benefits next year while making sure they have access to  most medicines, according to Medicare rules issued on Friday.
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(HealthDay News) -- Exercise benefits people of all ages, especially seniors.
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Obesity surgery has helped many patients lose weight and improve their health, a panel of experts told US regulators Thursday, but they added there was not enough data on how well it has worked for elderly patients covered
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An initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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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 preliminary decision applies to patients over 60, which is most of the 43 million people Medicare covers.
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Uninsured Americans and those in a government health program for the poor are far more likely to have advanced diseases when diagnosed with cancer than those with private coverage, researchers said on Sunday.