Bush Proposes Linking the Medicare Drug Premium to Beneficiariesâ Income
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President Bush proposed legislation to increase drug premiums for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries, which he said would generate $3.2 billion over five years.
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President BushÂs budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs.
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Medicare will be mailing out 1.8 million drug discount cards to low-income Americans who are eligible but have not yet applied. The cards will allow low-income earners to qualify for an additional $1,200 in
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The former Medicare administrator should repay his government salary because of his efforts to keep higher estimates of the cost of a prescription drug plan from Congress last year, congressional investigators said Tuesday.
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The figure, which provides the first glimpse of the true cost of the Medicare drug benefit, could touch off a political uproar.
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With a new Medicare drug benefit set to begin in 2006, Americans 65 and older can expect to spend a large and growing share of their Social Security checks on
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Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are projected to reap substantial savings from the new Part D prescription drug benefit; however, others may pay as much or more for their prescriptions after implementation of the law, a new analysis released by The
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President Bush says Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry would have to raise taxes to pay for health care reforms that Mr. Bush says would lower the quality of care.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise about 17.4 percent next year, the Bush administration said yesterday. The $11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program&#39;s 40-year history.
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President Bush&#39;s signature accomplishment in health care was the passage of a Medicare reform bill last fall that provided, for the first time, coverage for prescription drugs.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday that extra money it is paying Medicare managed care plans is leading to lower costs and better services for patients.
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The nation's insurance commissioners say the Bush administration has made misleading statements about the new Medicare drug benefit in an effort to persuade people to sign up.
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The Bush administration said that Medicare would soon pay for counseling to help beneficiaries stop smoking.
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DES MOINES, Iowa A mass mailing is under way nationwide to get Medicare-approved drug discount cards to low-income seniors. Officials say they targeted because they fall into an income bracket that makes them
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In December 2003, Bush signed the new Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act into law. Many seniors expected it to provide much needed relief from escalating health care costs.
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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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The Bush administration sought Wednesday to revive its plan for making health insurance more affordable by signaling a willingness to compromise on proposed tax incentives.