A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: ___ The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About ...
New Mexico considers Medicaid overhaul to cut costs because of looming budget shortfall Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and ...
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 ...
Revised govt formula puts Medicare waste and fraud at $47B, nearly 3 times last year's figure The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a ...
Republicans jump on report from Medicare agency that says Democratic bill would boost spending Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in ...
Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top ...
Republican lawmaker says House Democrats rejected GOP proposals to improve health care bill House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a ...
They say insurance isnÕt like other purchases, as congressman asserts WASHINGTON Since returning to Nevada after the House vote on health care reform, Republican Rep. Dean Heller has laid out one of his objections to the bill call it the iPod argument. ...
First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won't undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare, saying her husband considers the government-run program a "sacred part of America's social safety net." Mrs. Obama, ...
Documents: Medicare agency ignored scam warnings for 3 years, may have cost taxpayers millions For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents ...
Miss. Supreme Court sides with pharmacists in complaint against Medicaid over reimbursements Mississippi Medicaid officials should have asked the Legislature for approval before tinkering with a law that would change reimbursements for pharmacists, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The Supreme Court ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential business group said on Thursday that its continued support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul hinges on whether it slows the soaring growth rate of healthcare costs. The Business Roundtable, which represents some of the largest employers ...
