AMA and Labor at odds over Medicare Gold
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TONY EASTLEY: AMA President, Dr Bill Glasson might like to get a flak jacket and a tin helmet as he comes under continued heavy fire from the Labor Party for criticising its Medicare Gold policy for over 75&#39;s.
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A senior Medicare official said the case for cutting the use of controversial anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc and Johnson &amp; Johnson has become stronger since the agency decided last year to cut payments for their use in cancer patients.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party launches its election campaign this week facing a dilemma over whether to match free-spending government promises or to maintain its new-found commitment to fiscal restraint, analysts say.
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The U.S. Medicare agency, under fire for restricting payments for anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson, said on Wednesday no new evidence has emerged to support reversing the policy.
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The US government has announced a record increase in Medicare premiums for 2005, and all depending which side you&#39;re on in the Presidential race, it&#39;s either an enhanced package for senior citizens, or the elderly population is being socked with the
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(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) A strike by more than 2,500 home health care aides has been averted. The union and the health care provider that employs them have agreed to take their dispute over hourly wages to binding arbitration.
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We shouldn&#39;t have been so shocked when the Bush administration sneaked out the news under cover of the Labor Day weekend that the Medicare Part B monthly premium is rising next year by 17.
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Callers to the U.S. government's hotline for the Medicare health program for senior citizens are increasingly frustrated by the service, according to a poll released on Thursday.
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Physician reimbursement accounts for a third of the increase, and it could become a target for political battle. Washington -- The steep rise in next year&#39;s Medicare Part B premiums can be tied in part to
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The private health insurance industry says independent economic modelling shows Labor&#39;s Medicare Gold policy would be too expensive in the long-term.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers poking holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of $58.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record &#36;11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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No, tell us how you really feel. This Labor Day, workers are saying their biggest work problems are mostly economic. Their pay is not keeping up with increasing health-care costs or other increases in living expenses. They are disgruntled enough to look for work on the job. Retirement "security"...
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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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In a tug of war over the skyrocketing costs of medical technology, the makers of implantable defibrillators are opposing a plan by Medicare to track the health outcomes of patients who get the devices.
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OTTAWA -- Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers shooting holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of $58.
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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