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Mail Call - May 24
“Starting 2006 to 2012, Morgan County took 10 steps forward. In the last four months, Morgan County has taken 30 steps backward.” — Berkeley Springs, W.Va. “This is another quote I decided to call in. Yes, indeed, children do...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Barack Obama, Pension and Welfare, Karl Rove, Richard Nixon
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'Dual-eligibles' (Medicare/Medicaid) can join pilot program in Feb. 2014
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Virginia will partner with CMS to test a new model for providing Medicare-Medicaid enrollees with a more coordinated, person-centered care experience. There are approximately...
Tags: Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Mental Health, Medicaid
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Uncle Sam isn't really calling you
We continue to receive calls from area residents telling us they have received a phone call from someone representing Social Security and/or Medicare. The caller says that new Medicare and/or Social Security cards are being mailed once information about...
Tags: FBI, Social Security, Internal Revenue Service, Government Health Care
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Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at a Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and...Tags: Corporate Officers, Accounting and Auditing, Boca Raton, Claire McCaskill, Healthcare Industry
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Medical credit cards can cause heartburn
Premium Health News ServiceYou already trust your health care providers with your physical well-being. Should you also trust them with your financial health? That's the question consumers are facing as a growing group of health care providers give patients the option to charge...Tags: Consumers, New York City, Credit and Debt, Robin Williams, Finance
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Belleville Memorial Hospital takes on nation's largest insurer
St. Louis Post-DispatchBelleville Memorial Hospital and UnitedHealthcare are moving toward a showdown next month over hospital and physician reimbursement rates. If an agreement cannot be struck, Memorial and its physicians group will no longer be in the network of the...Tags: Surgery, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Health Insurance, Lobbying, Human Interest
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Hospital cost report shows need for single-payer system
Compliments to Morning Call reporter Tim Darragh on his recent coverage of U.S. Health and Human Service's release of hospital charge data. It's eye-opening how charges for identical services vary widely across hospitals in our region. At first blush,...Tags: Government Health Care, Allentown, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Greeley Tribune, Colo., Action Line column
Greeley Tribune, Colo.During my walks near Westlake just north of Centerplace, I noticed recently that the prairie dog colonies seemed to be migrating onto Greeley West Park at 42nd Street and 36th Avenue north of Centerplace Drive. How can this be stopped before it gets out...Tags: FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care, Local Government
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Health care costs push off baby boomers' retirement plans
The Providence JournalMore baby boomers are pushing back their retirements and working longer, even as the recovery of the stock market replenishes portfolios that were depleted during the recession. The reason: health care expenses. The cost of medical care for a 65-year-...Tags: Retirement, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Government Health Care, Career and Workplace, Prescription Drugs
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L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases
The Sacramento BeeYears before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Olvera, homeless and paraplegic,...Tags: Health Insurance, Mental Health, Gil Cedillo, Medicaid, Laws
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In Illinois, Davis preparing for marathon race for Congress
St. Louis Post-DispatchU.S. Rep. Rodney Davis recalls the moment he learned that Democrats had identified him as a special target for defeat in 2014. He was standing in line for freshman orientation the week after winning his seat last November. "The honeymoon didn't even...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Work Relations, Barack Obama, Rodney Davis, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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