Medicare costs may drive away almost everyone
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We shouldn&#39;t have been so shocked when the Bush administration sneaked out the news under cover of the Labor Day weekend that the Medicare Part B monthly premium is rising next year by 17.
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One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money.
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The cost of providing long-term care for the elderly could soar by the middle of this century, experts warn.
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Many Valley retirees who thought they would have lifetime health care have learned the hard way that companies are cutting back or eliminating their benefits altogether.
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Here is a clip-and-save fact that symbolizes America&#39;s long-term financial dilemma: According to government estimates, the ultimate drain from the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit will be greater than the current national debt.
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Federal officials say rising costs, increased payments and some new benefits mean Medicare must raise its Part B premium 17% next year for most of the nearly 42 million seniors and disabled people covered by the program.
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I am sick of being blamed for bankrupting the country's future. The coming collapse of Social Security, soaring drug costs in Medicare, the breakdown of Medicaid -- all my fault! Because I and millions of others are growing older and are about to become eligible for these giant public programs.
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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Most Americans agree our health insurance system is too expensive and leaves too many without coverage. There isn't much agreement on what to do about it.
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Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year
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It was almost two years ago that Roy Romanow released his landmark report on the future of medicare. Since then, the study has too often been used as a battering ram by premiers seeking more money from Ottawa.
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The costs of the Medicare and  Medicaid health insurance programs are rising at unsustainable  rates that will force policy makers to adopt major changes to  curb spending, the head of the Congressional Budget Office  warned on Monday.
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Wider coverage for expensive  implanted heart devices likely will cost the U.S. Medicare  program for seniors about $2 billion over five years, the  program's administrator said on Thursday.
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Medicare faces trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities, but legislators are constantly tempted to increase benefits and thus spending.
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The demand for dialysis brings new strains to MedicareÂs budget and prompts the question: When is it ethical to stop the treatment?
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Medicare payment cuts will leave  more than half of clinics and doctors' offices that provide  cancer-fighting chemotherapy unable to cover costs of some key  drugs, oncologists said on Wednesday.
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One reason medical costs are getting way out of control: GE employs too many good salesmen.