RIGHT TO CHOOSE DOCTORS ARGUED MANDATORY MEDICARE PITS PHYSICIANS,...

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 7, 1997 ;     322 words ......whether senior citizens on Medicare should have the choice of...37 million seniors with Medicare doctors' office coverage...year, be allowed to pay to receive care from those doctors who don...patients who want to use Medicare. ''For some time now there...them) and still see other ...

AMA fights new Medicare law Group, Republicans lobby to change rule, want...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 8, 1997 ;     460 words ......issue of whether senior citizens on Medicare should have the choice of paying...the nearly 37 million seniors with Medicare doctors' office coverage would, for...time next year, be allowed to pay to receive care from those doctors who do not participate...majority of doctors, who do take ...

Medicare patients find care scarce

Journal of Business;  October 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......anticipating becoming eligible for Medicare, secure a primary-care physician...but aren't eligible for Medicare yet, check with your physician...can expect to continue to receive care once you transition to Medicare. Monaco says, "Most physicians...medical practice where you receive ...

MEDICARE SHIFTING COSTS TO VA...

Modern Healthcare;  May 10, 1999 ;     333 words ...Medicare is allowing some beneficiaries to receive care at Department of Veterans...demonstration project under which Medicare would start paying VA facilities for treating Medicare-eligible vets (See story...shifting of costs by the Medicare program to the VA was...

Medicare: Most Beneficiaries Receive Some but Not All Recommended...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  October 1, 2003 ;     484 words ...GAO-03-958 September 8, 2003 Medicare, the federal health...Most beneficiaries receive care through Medicare's fee-for-service program...receive services under Medicare's managed care program, called Medicare + Choice. GAO was asked...

SAVVY SENIOR: Medicare alphabet can be confusing

Charleston Gazette;  September 22, 2003 ;     693 words ......offered by private companies that contract with the Medicare program to offer services. It is still part of Medicare, and depending on your circumstances and where...certainly may be worth a look. The real advantage of Medicare + Choice is that it goes beyond traditional Medicare coverage. It may ...

Medicare users warned to prepare for changes

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  June 9, 2008 ;     315 words ......supply companies are not obligated to contact Medicare patients if they are no longer contracting with Medicare. That is leading to concerns that patients who...said. The two-county area was one of 10 chosen by Medicare for an expansion of the program. In pilot programs in Florida and Texas, ...

MEDICARE PAYMENT CHOICE CAUSES STIR

The Columbian;  October 7, 1997 ;     411 words ......issue of whether senior citizens on Medicare should have the choice of paying...the nearly 37 million seniors with Medicare doctors' office coverage would, for...time next year, be allowed to pay to receive care from those doctors who don't participate...universe of patients who want to use ...

Medicare changes

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  June 10, 2008 ;     411 words ......supply companies are not obligated to contact Medicare patients if they are no longer contracting with Medicare. That is leading to concerns that patients who...said. The two-county area was one of 10 chosen by Medicare for an expansion of the program. In pilot programs in Florida and Texas, ...

Medicare Regulations and Limits on Care

Dynamic Chiropractic;  January 15, 2006 ;     366 words ......conflicting in formation on visit limitations on Medicare. Is it still 12 visits? A: Medicare does not have a specified number of visits it will...automatically afforded 12 or any specific number of visits. Medicare will allow the number of visits necessary to effect...reasonable and generally ...

Medicare hasn't kept pace with private insurance plans, Bush...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Medicare. But assuring the solvency of 38-year-old Medicare for future generations by putting all of our apples...In his speech at the Chicago Hilton, Bush said Medicare does not provide an outpatient prescription drug...citizens have no drug coverage at all, he said. Medicare has not kept pace ...

Deadlock on Medicare reform U.S. commission can't agree on how to save...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ......year after setting out to chart a secure future for Medicare, a high-powered federal commission is so deadlocked...and politically touchy problems bearing down on Medicare. A highly popular program that is the government...for some 39 million old and disabled Americans, Medicare is expected to go broke ...

MEDICARE FRAUD:LAURA A. DUMMIT

Congressional Testimony;  March 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 MEDICARE HOME HEALTH BENEFIT Congressional...health care is an important Medicare benefit enabling beneficiaries...congestive heart failure, to receive care in their homes rather than...Periodically, we have reported on Medicare's vulnerabilities with regard...services; (2) ...

Clinton Health Plan May Seek the Elderly, but Medicare to Continue

The Washington Post;  May 12, 1993 ;     700+ words ......shift could alarm many of the nation's 36 million Medicare beneficiaries, a politically potent group whose...out of their own pockets to do so. Thus, even if Medicare recipients are not forced to join the general...many might do so because of the lower costs. Most Medicare beneficiaries today use ...

Covering The Bases: Take pick of Medicare docs

Capital (Annapolis);  November 28, 2004 ;     381 words ...I will be eligible for Medicare in February. Right now I am covered by a plan through...if I want the plan to pay for my care. If I use Medicare as my primary insurance and buy a Medigap plan, will I still have to go to network doctors? No. With Medicare and a Medigap policy, you will be able to ...