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Feds claim Gary man bilked Medicaid for $1.9M
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Gary man defrauded Indiana Medicaid of $1.9 million by filing false billing claims. An indictment filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in South Bend charges 59-year-old Ebb Greenwood with two counts...Tags: Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Social Issues, Health Insurance, Medicaid
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Seniors may have to pay for Medicare home health
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare recipients could see a sizable new out-of-pocket charge for home health visits if Congress follows through on a recommendation issued Thursday by its own advisory panel. Until now, home health visits from nurses and...Tags: Medical Services, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals, Elections, Medical Specialization
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No reference to end-of-life counseling
WASHINGTON (AP) — There will no longer be any reference to end-of-life counseling in the ground rules for Medicare's new annual checkup. A White House official today revealed the latest shift on what's become a sensitive subject. It comes ahead of...Tags: Medical Services, Health, Medicare, Washington, DC, Republican Party
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Weaponry, Research and Development, Agriculture, Medical Research, George W. Bush
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Indiana Planned Parenthood extends imperiled services
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A national wave of donor support for Planned Parenthood of Indiana over a law taking away much of its public funding will allow it to cover the health care costs of current Medicaid patients for at least another week, the...Tags: Indiana, Health Insurance, Medical Services, Mitch Daniels, Government
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Money for new mentally ill patients frozen
SOUTH BEND — As I walk through the double front doors to the parking lot of West Park Health Care, I bump into a middle-aged woman in front of me. "Excuse me," I say. "Oh, excuse me," she says, glancing around with a small smile. The woman is...Tags: Common Cold, Politics, Social Issues, High Blood Pressure, Prisons
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Planned Parenthood of Indiana extends needy services
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will continue serving Medicaid patients through at least May 30 after receiving more than $50,000 in recent donations from 44 states and overseas.
The organization said in a statement...Tags: Indiana, Health Insurance, Mitch Daniels, Health, Planned Parenthood
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GOP freshmen share how to handle town hall anger
ELKTON, Md. (AP) — Democrats are spending big money to generate public outrage at the Republican plan to replace fee-for-service Medicare with government vouchers. But recent town hall meetings were holler-free for two House Republican freshmen....Tags: Students, Maryland, Arizona, Elections, Voting
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Daniels says US debt threatens American dream
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Although Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels still isn't saying whether he will run for the White House, he says the national debt is one of the biggest challenges facing the nation. Daniels told more than 400 people attending a...Tags: Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Mitch Daniels, Health, Paul Ryan
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AP-GfK Poll: Medicare doesn't have to be cut
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows most Americans don't believe Medicare and Social Security have to be cut to balance the federal budget. The Associated Press-GfK poll shows that arguments for overhauling middle-class benefit programs to pare...Tags: Career and Workplace, Retirement, Government Debt, Health, Medicare
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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: Health Insurance Cost, Allentown, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law
When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...
Tags: Poverty, Health Insurance Cost, Social Issues, Health Insurance, Chemical Industry
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