Medicare Law Said to Trouble Nursing Homes
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Many experts are concerned that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most Americans who live in nursing homes.
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The New York Times on Sunday examined the &quot;huge battle&quot; between insurers and pharmaceutical companies over the number of medications that will be covered under the new Medicare law (Pear, New York Times, 9/26).
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By MICHELLE ROBERTS  NEW ORLEANS - Two nursing home owners who were arrested after 34 of their patients died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are suing the government, saying federal, state and local officials they failed to evacuate vulnerable citizens as the storm approached.
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The new Medicare law has touched off a huge battle between insurance companies and drug companies that could determine how many medicines will be readily available to Medicare beneficiaries.
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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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TORONTO -- Nursing home workers say they&#39;re often overwhelmed or injured on the job and feel frustrated that they&#39;re unable to deliver the level of care elderly residents need, a new survey says.
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Pharmacists say a government report released Thursday validates their concerns that payments under the Medicare drug benefit are driving some of them out of business.
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A major obstacle to the success of the new Medicare law has emerged in recent weeks: private insurers have told the Bush administration that they will not expand their role
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com. Hospitals and nursing home facilities are battling over Medicareâs $5.4 billion funding for overnight rehabilitation care. The new ruleâs proponents say approximately
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Younger Americans who are overweight today are threatening to hit the U.S. government's Medicare system with big health care bills when they reach old age, according to a report published on Tuesday.
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HE new, sharply higher charges announced for Medicare beneficiaries last week may prompt more elderly people to join Medicare health maintenance organizations operated by private industry
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Hundreds of thousands of retirees with company-sponsored drug coverage may lose their employer-paid benefit when the new Medicare drug law takes effect in 2006, a new study suggests.
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Medicare is going to stop paying for treatment related to preventable hospital errors.
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Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied.
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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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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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Washington&#39;s nursing homes reduced their residents&#39; pain and used fewer physical restraints over the last two years. But the percentage of residents suffering from bedsores increased slightly.