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Probe: Drug abusers exploiting Medicare benefit
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from Congressional investigators says tens of thousands of Medicare recipients received prescriptions from multiple doctors for 14 frequently abused medications in 2008.
A Medicare recipient in Georgia got prescriptions...Tags: Washington, DC, Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care
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Accusations fly over obscure Medicare board
WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel created under President Barack Obama's health care law to control excessive increases in Medicare costs is drawing heavy fire from Republicans. It's called the Independent Payment Advisory Board, and nearly...Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Politics, Justice System, Lobbying
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Ill. man admits to fraud in 'erectile pump' case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An Illinois man has pleaded guilty in Rhode Island to charges he shipped unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients as part of a Medicare fraud scheme. Gary Winner on Thursday admitted to four charges stemming from the...Tags: Diabetes, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Health, Government Health Care
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Republicans bail on budget talks, blame Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to...Tags: Public Finance, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Washington, DC, Congressional Budget Office
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Seniors face Medicare cost barrier for cancer meds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers say seniors with Medicare prescription drug coverage are facing steep copays for the newest kind of cancer drugs. Unlike older drugs, the medications come as pills and do not have to be administered at a clinic. But a...Tags: Washington, DC, Health, Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care
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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: Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Washington, DC, Prostate, Prostate 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: Washington, DC, Health, Government Health Care
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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: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Health, Government Health Care, Social Security
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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: Washington, DC, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Homes, Wisconsin
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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: Washington, DC, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Republican Party, Politics
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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: Washington, DC, Republican Party, White House, Medical Services, Health
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U.S. health care fraud no longer a faceless crime
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is trying to put a face on health care fraud. A new health care most-wanted list, with its own website seeks the public's help to catch more than 170 fugitive fraudsters. Check out http://oig.hhs.gov/fugitives/...Tags: Social Issues, Washington, DC, California, Medical Services, Medicaid
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