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Judge in South Bend sets auction date for Madison Center assets
SOUTH BEND — A judge has set a March 31 auction to see whether anyone will compete with Memorial Hospitals $3 million bid to buy Madison Centers inpatient care assets.
Bidders must exceed Memorials bid by at least $500,000, pay cash, and submit...Tags: Bonds, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, Judges
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Nursing
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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: White House, Health, Republican Party, Medicare, Medical Services
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Medicare to pay for $93,000 prostate cancer drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare officials say they will likely pay for a prostate cancer drug that extends life about four months at a price of $93,000 per patient. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid says the biotech drug met its criteria as a...Tags: Human Body, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer
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Report: Raising Medicare age no panacea for its problems
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study on Medicare shows its complexity makes it hard to make changes without causing ripple effects elsewhere in the system. The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation says raising the eligibility age to 67, as is being...Tags: Health, Medicare, Washington, DC
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Medicare rise could mean no Social Security COLA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says next year should see the first Social Security cost of living increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten to wipe out any increase in payments. About 45 million people...Tags: Social Security, Career and Workplace, Health, Wages and Pensions, Medicare
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Indiana Medicaid mental health drug list worries some
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A plan to cut Indiana Medicaid costs by limiting access to certain antidepressants and other mental health drugs has advocates worried that some patients could be denied needed the treatments they need. The state budget bill...Tags: Medicaid, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance
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Indiana court to decide on scope of Medicaid appeals
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether administrative law judges who handle Medicaid appeals must consider whether people denied disability benefits have medical problems beyond those cited on their application. The...Tags: Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice, Marion County (Indiana), Court Administration, Health Insurance
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AG weighing options after feds call Planned Parenthood funding ban illegal
The Health and Human Services Department is telling the state of Indiana that its Medicaid plan, which bans funding to Planned Parenthood, is illegal and must be changed.
In a letter sent to Indiana's Medicaid director, and obtained by The Associated...Tags: Television Stations, Health Insurance, Politics, Crimes, Social Issues
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Planned Parenthood: Monday ruling needed on law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will stop seeing Medicaid patients if a federal judge doesn't rule Monday on its attempt to block the state's new abortion funding law.
The group said it will stop seeing those patients...Tags: Health Insurance, Court Preliminary, Social Issues, Planned Parenthood, Judges
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House GOP considers privatizing Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are debating whether to relaunch their quest to privatize Medicare, months after they hammered Democrats for cutting the program. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is testing support for his...Tags: Homes, Medical Procedures and Tests, Wisconsin, Paul Ryan, Democratic Party
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Planned Parenthood runs out of money for Medicaid customers
Planned Parenthood has exhausted more than $100,000 dollars in donations. Now the organization is forced to do something it wanted to avoid: cut medicaid patients off.
Outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Mishawaka, the sign on the marquee says their...Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, Planned Parenthood, Judges
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