Medicare Will Pay for Alzheimer&#39;s Scan
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Medicare will start paying for specialized brain scans in some patients to help determine if they have Alzheimer&#39;s disease, the federal agency that runs the reimbursement program announced yesterday.
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Some seniors have just a few more weeks to cash in on the new Medicare drug discount card. Up to $600 in free prescription drugs are available both this year and next to low-income seniors who have the card.
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LONDON, Dec 27  - The Alzheimer's Society charity  has backed British government proposals to issue dementia  sufferers with tracking devices if patients agree.
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The U.S. government health insurance  plan for the elderly and disabled will pay for doctors to run  PET brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, U.S. officials  said on Thursday.
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Retirees face a whopping medical bill in their golden years.
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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The U.S. Medicare program will charge   lower than expected premiums next year in the U.S. health   insurance plan for the elderly, but wealthier recipients for   the first time will pay more for doctor visits and other care   outside the hospital.
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When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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Medicare will test the idea of paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch influenza, the U.S. government's health insurance plan for the elderly said on Friday.
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Medicare said yesterday it intends to pay for counseling for some of the nation&#39;s 4 million older smokers. Medicare beneficiaries who smoke and have smoking
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Millions of older Americans are confronting a temporary break in their Medicare drug coverage this month that will require them to pay the full cost of their prescriptions or face the painful prospect of going without.
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The federal government would charge affluent seniors more for drug coverage and require doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records under proposals released by the Bush administration yesterday to corral rising spending in the Medicare program.
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There appears to be  considerable interest among healthy older adults in screening  and treatment for mild cognitive impairment, a condition now  generally considered to be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
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American Cancer Society - Medicare will soon begin paying for counseling to help people quit smoking, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced.
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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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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration announced a proposal Monday to expand Medicare coverage for certain clinical trials for cancer drugs and pay cancer doctors to measure patient reaction to potent medication.
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Most elderly and disabled people on Medicare will see their premiums rise to $93.50 a month next year, a 5.6 percent increase that is much lower than had been anticipated.