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Debating just how long to wait before fixing Social Security
The trustees overseeing the finances of Social Security and Medicare issued their latest report Friday, declaring that a) the Social Security Trust Fund is expected to run out of money in 2035, the same estimate as last year; b) Medicare's hospital...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost, Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance
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Maryland hospital rate increase recommended
Maryland hospitals would get some help dealing with federal cuts under a proposed plan that would increase the rates they can charge by 1.65 percent. The staff of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the agency responsible for setting hospital...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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Feds join Sup. Ct. in rejecting Ind. abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal agency has denied Indiana's appeal of an administrative ruling barring the state from denying Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions, the state attorney general's office said Friday. The...Tags: Medicaid, Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance
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Voice of the People, Jun. 01
Liberal arts skills Doug Oberhelman, CEO of Caterpillar Inc., says he "can't employ philosophers in manufacturing in the United States." I would suggest that that attitude is one of the problems facing his company and others. A liberal arts degree...Tags: Students, Medicaid, Barack Obama, Consumers, Religion and Belief
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Maryland panel approves hospital rate increase
A state panel voted unanimously Wednesday to increase the rates hospitals can charge by 1.65 percent, but the medical institutions say the amount is inadequate and will collectively drive hospitals into the red. The Maryland Hospital Association said the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Finance, Corporate Officers, Government Health Care
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Medicare outlook improves as healthcare costs grow more slowly
WASHINGTON — In another indication of the impact of slowing healthcare costs, the federal government Friday upgraded its assessment of the financial health of the Medicare insurance program for the elderly and disabled. Medicare’s main trust...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost, Congressional Budget Office, Finance, Social Security
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Voice of the People, Jun. 07
Fresh leadership Unlike state House Speaker Michael Madigan, state Senate President John Cullerton and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, I have read your editorials on the dire financial situation in the state of Illinois caused by the pension situation. The...Tags: Public Officials, Medicaid, John J Cullerton, The New York Times, Internal Revenue Service
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Northampton County seniors sicker than most in state
Elderly people in Northampton County are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, depression, diabetes and other diseases, and they cost more to treat compared with the elderly throughout Pennsylvania, newly released federal data show. In 19...
Tags: Lehigh County, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Diabetes
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Comparing healthcare prices
With increasingly wide-ranging costs for medical procedures, here are some resources to help you find and understand medical prices. • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Data base shows charges for the 100 most common hospital-based...Tags: Health Treatments, Prices, Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance, Government Health Care
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Solving America's runaway health care system
I doubt that many of us would prefer to be in another country if a serious, complicated or critical illness should occur in our lives. The ability to provide cutting edge medical care and technology by our American health care system is unmatched in the...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost, Medical Procedures and Tests, Government Health Care, Missing Persons
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Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show
New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation's hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Health Insurance Cost, Pneumonia, Prices, Medical Procedures and Tests
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California calls for more disclosure of medical costs [video chat]
California officials are looking to build on a federal effort to disclose more healthcare pricing information to consumers. Medicare officials released new data this week that showed wildly different hospital charges across the nation for 100 of the...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Pneumonia, Healthcare Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers
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