Bush administration takes step toward more Medicare coverage
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The nation&#39;s top health officials redrew the map of the United States on Monday to entice private insurers to offer Medicare coverage in 2006, including prescription drug benefits.
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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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Some Iowans may cut back on their coverage, and the state faces having to pay more for Medicaid, officials say. Sharply higher Medicare premiums announced last week by the Bush administration will have a double
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $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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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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The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.
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President Bush proposed legislation to increase drug premiums for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries, which he said would generate $3.2 billion over five years.
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With a new Medicare drug benefit set to begin in 2006, Americans 65 and older can expect to spend a large and growing share of their Social Security checks on
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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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Hoping to gain support for his health care proposal, President Bush pledged Saturday to reach across party lines to reform the nation's medical insurance system so more of the 46 million uninsured Americans can afford coverage.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise about 17.4 percent next year, the Bush administration said yesterday. The $11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program&#39;s 40-year history.
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MONDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- President Bush's new budget proposal would cut $196 billion over five years from both Medicare and Medicaid --  programs that provide health care to millions of poor and elderly, federal officials announced Monday.
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The Bush administration renewed a pledge to finance projects intended to accelerate the adoption of computerized health records.
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With the elections over and Democrats poised to take control on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration is making a fresh push to persuade them to help rein in the rising costs of Social Security and government health-care programs by offering to open talks with "no preconditions."
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The Bush administration said that Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year would lead to much higher premiums in 2006.
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â¢ President Bush : Signed a law giving the elderly prescription drug coverage under Medicare for the first time. Insurance companies and private health plans now have an expanded role in the program.
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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.