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Medicare should revise its  reimbursement system to reward efficient care at private  hospitals and doctors treating the federal program's 43 million  users, a government advisory body said on Thursday.
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A key component of the new Medicare reform law calls for private insurers to expand their role in Medicare so they would serve large multistate regions.
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Under a plan recently passed by Merck &amp; Co. Inc.âs board of directors, members of the firmâs management committee and the companyâs vice president-level managers may be compensated with severance packages
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What do you think of the Medicare drug discount-card program? (Check all that apply.). I&#39;m eligible but I don&#39;t use it. Biopsy results confirm a young Dublin man has contracted the human form of mad cow disease.
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The health insurance salesman who came to Gloria Young's house made a strong pitch. His company's private Medicare plan could meet her needs just as well and much more cheaply.
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Some seniors have just a few more weeks to cash in on the new Medicare drug discount card. Up to $600 in free prescription drugs are available both this year and next to low-income seniors who have the card.
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The Medicare drug benefit has come in way under budget this year, which supporters boast is a testament to the benefits of competition.
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Rewards could be offered to people who inform on companies or individuals defrauding the government.
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Opinion Pay up, or your server gets it
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Private accounts are intended to provide potentially higher rewards, but two factors could erode those expected benefits.
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Even with Medicare, you'll end up paying nearly half of your health-care expenses, so if you don't have retiree coverage from your employer, you may want supplemental insurance. Make sure you have what you need.
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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U.S. taxpayers are subsidizing the explosive growth in a lucrative type of private health plan under Medicare, an independent advisor to the U.S. Congress told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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DAVID HARDAKER: To the election campaign, now and does Labor&#39;s Medicare Gold package have the support of the private health care groups or not?
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Thousands of Massachusetts senior citizens with Medicare drug benefits have received automated phone calls from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in recent days asking them to repay up to $1,400 because Medicare failed to automatically deduct monthly premiums from their Social Security checks.
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Re Save Medicare With A Dose Of Competition (Aug. 30): Michael Kirby and Wilbert Keon claim a dose of competition is needed for &quot;monopolistic&quot; health-care providers and physicians who impede productivity gains.
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MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money. But some people could end up spending more than &#36;750 out-of-pocket even after they participate in the program.