Medicare does not regulate what doctors who are not in the Medicare program can charge.
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It will preserve and strengthen the integrity of the Medicare program for a decade.
So in the absence of a policy, the Medicare program is simply not paying its bills.
Researchers say the disease costs the U.S. government's Medicare program more money than any other.
The bill also would raise cigarette taxes and make changes to the Medicare program.
Tyler Cowen has some rules for assessing proposed reforms of the Medicare program.
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One productive Medicare program that must be kept intact is Part D, the prescription drug benefit program.
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The Medicare program has plenty of authority to alter its risk-adjustment process in response to new evidence.
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On Wednesday, House Republicans unveiled their proposal to give seniors prescription drug coverage under the Medicare program.
But that, of course, makes the traditional Medicare program even more expensive, and raise premiums even further.
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The bottom line is an increase in the premium costs to everyone else in the Medicare program.
However, it is essential that cuts to the Medicare program be made in a responsible and productive way.
The Medicare program is designed to provide for medical care, not the cost of long-term care (LTC).
In this off-year election, we hear disproportionately from seniors, a population already covered by the universal Medicare program.
This week, doctors will start receiving these lower reimbursements from the Medicare program.
Judith Stein, founder of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, which represents beneficiaries in their disputes with the Medicare program.
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In fact, a new CBO analysis found that this policy proposal will actually save the Medicare program over time.
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Under the Affordable Care Act, larger doctor groups and hospitals are forming ACOs to contract with the Medicare program.
Those in the Medicare program will be forced to pay higher insurance premiums.
It is in those drug plans that participate in the Medicare program.
Indeed, top Obama advisers, such as Jonathan Gruber and David Cutler, have endorsed premium support for the Medicare program.
The savings he achieved through the Affordable Care Act have extended the life of the Medicare program by eight years.
That's what we're about here, choosing to cut Medicare, cut seniors ability to have a choice under the Medicare program.
More than a decade ago, Congress set up a formula that governs how doctors get paid by the Medicare program.
For example, the Medicare program currently contracts with entities to identify and collect overpayments made from the Medicare Trust Fund.
In 1965 the Medicare program was enacted to help cover the hospital and meidcal bills of people 65 or older.
If properly utilized, the premium support payments should provide the identical quality of care as is available through the Medicare program.
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Major changes in the Medicare program should be decided by elected officials who will be held be accountable for their decisions.
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And their health care is largely funded by the federal Medicare program.
The remainder would still qualify for the Medicare program because of disability.
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