MEDICARE PART D
Executive Director of Families USA Ron Pollack testifies before a Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Medicare Part D, in Washington on July 17, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch).
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U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., has been working from his sick bed with lobbyists and lawmakers to craft a bipartisan healthcare package, aides said
A study into the hospital care given to children with and without health insurance said those without insurance are twice as likely to die.
A report by Families USA in Washington, D.C., has suggested that brand-name prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries will rise sharply next year.
A U.S. consumer health organization said Wednesday the new Medicare drug law will prompt states to cut low-income enrollees off Medicaid to save money.
U.S. employer-provided family health plans, on average, will pay an extra $922 in premiums this year to cover the unpaid expenses of the uninsured.
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to establish a special commission on Medicaid and governors and state legislators are working on proposals to cut costs in the $300 billion healthcare program that covers more than 50 million America
Governors and state legislators have been working on proposals to cut costs in Medicaid spending to help control its growth and save billions of dollars
The $2.6 trillion budget U.S. lawmakers have agreed to includes $10 billion in Medicaid cuts over four years.
The legislative compromise reached over the weekend on Medicare prescription drug coverage is not an overwhelming hit with either Democrats or Republicans and the bill's true deal makers or breakers just might be senior citizens.
The uninsured ranks continue to grow -- up by 2.4 million from 2001 to 2002 -- and though there is no one solution to this national tragedy, the insurance industry is working to help the poor and small businesses as the government shores up Medicaid so st
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