WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act. A U.S. Senate committee revealed last ...
Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. Two final ...
A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: ___ The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of legal residents under age 65 — compared with 83 percent now. Government subsidies to help buy ...
Health care issues: Bundling payments A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: What can the government do to get doctors and hospitals to deliver cheaper medical services? THE POLITICS: Medicare's fee-for-service structure means that doctors, hospitals and ...
House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul. The House voted 243-183 for the bill that ...
New Jersey hospital agrees to pay $3 million to settle suit alleging Medicare overbilling A northern New Jersey hospital will pay more than $3 million to settle claims it defrauded Medicare. The agreement announced Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department ends a ...
Democratic leader's health care bill calls for higher Medicare payroll tax on wealthy Health care legislation headed for the Senate floor includes higher payroll taxes for upper income wage earners. According to an outline of the bill, the tax is designed to ...
Government reports more than $98B wasted on improper payments for Medicare, other programs More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of ...
Bill raising doctor fees under Medicare would cause premiums to increase Seniors would pay $49 billion in higher premiums over the next decade as a result of legislation headed for a House vote that raises fees for doctors treating Medicare patients, according ...
Feds capture Santeria priest accused of Medicare fraud in Ecuador after 2 years on the lam A Miami man accused of bilking Medicare out of millions of dollars has been arrested in Ecuador two years after he allegedly fled. Federal authorities found ...
