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Maryland hospitals warn of jobs losses if federal cuts hit
The Maryland Hospital Association said Friday that jobs may be in jeopardy if a state commission approves a plan that would make hospitals absorb all of the 2 percent Medicare cuts required under federal sequestration. The board of the Health Services...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Government Health Care
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Letters to the Editor: Tinker Field, equality, Obamacare changes, Medicare
Tinker Field revisited The Sports section recently published an article on the history of Tinker Field ("Tinker Field has seen glory days," March 31). I have special memories of that place. After No. 42, Jackie Robinson retired from Major League...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Middle Schools, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Jackie Robinson, Breast Cancer
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The case against cutting Social Security and Medicare
The president and a few other prominent Democrats are openly suggesting that Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower adjustment for inflation, and that Medicare be means-tested. This is even before Democrats have begun formal budget...Tags: Finance, Inflation and Deflation, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Social Security
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UnitedHealth Profit Falls As U.S. Government Payments Decline
Lower government payments for private Medicare services and prescriptions for older people dragged down UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s first-quarter profits, the company said Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hemsley also warned during a conference...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Earnings Forecasts, Consumers, Marketing, Health Management Associates Incorporated
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Rate-setting commission recommends no increase in hospital charges
The state's hospitals would absorb all of the 2 percent Medicare cuts required by federal sequestration under a proposal released Thursday by the state panel that sets hospital rates. The recommendation by the staff of the Health Services Cost Review...
Tags: Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Economy, Business and Finance
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Reform Medicare Rx program?
With pressure building on the president and Congress to bring down deficits, one of the obvious places for them to search for savings is one of the biggest items in the federal budget, Medicare. The program, which spent more than $500 billion in 2012,...
Tags: Periodicals, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Chemical Industry
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Part D proposals signal bid for government takeover
Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., recently introduced a bill that would create government-run health care in the United States. This same proposal for a single-payer system has been put forth in every Congress since 2003, and like all of those previous...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, John Conyers, Jr., Government, State of the Union Address
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Drive better deal on drugs to shield seniors from cuts
As we look for ways to get a better handle on Medicare costs, policymakers should focus on getting more value for Medicare's dollars while protecting the 49 million seniors and people with disabilities who rely on the program. Nowhere is there more...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development, U.S. Congress, Medicaid, Barack Obama
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Congress, General Motors Corp., Barack Obama
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Barack Obama, Authors
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North suburban emergency room wait times vary
From 27 minutes in Lake Forest to 68 minutes in Park Ridge, the waiting time in north suburban emergency rooms ranges from minutes below to more than half an hour above the national average, according to statistics on the Medicare website and from the...Tags: Evanston, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Nursing
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U.S. Democrats, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For...
Tags: Public Finance, Finance, Barack Obama, Elections, Fiscal Cliff
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