Medicare
The New York Times, June 24 2008Fact: Every hour of every day, 330 Americans turn 60.
Fact: By 2030, one in five Americans will be older than 65.
Fact: The number of people over 100 doubles every decade.
Fact: As they age, people lose muscle mass
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The Boston Globe, June 26, 2008A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover
insurance costs for long-term care such as nursing home stays in
retirement, according to a study to be released Thursday by Fidelity
Investments.
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The New York Times, June 25, 2008To cut costs and reduce fraud in one corner of the sprawling
Medicare program, Congress called for competitive bidding on medical
equipment that is provided to elderly and disabled Americans and set a
sensible schedule
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The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2008In the spring of 2001, Bill Thomas, dressed in his usual sweat shirt
and Birkenstock sandals, entered the buttoned-down halls of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. His message: Nursing homes need to be taken
out
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San Francisco Chronicle, May 20th, 2008Americans are worried that
they might not have enough money for retirement, as health care costs
rise and inflation erodes the value of their savings, according to a
survey released Monday.
The study sponsored
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Yahoo News, April 14th, 2008Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for
seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage
them from getting quality care.
"We face an impending crisis as the growing number
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US News & World Report, March 27th, 2008Older Americans are living longer than ever and enjoying better health and financial security, a new report finds.
Yet there continue to be lingering disparities between racial and ethnic groups.
In 2006,
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The New York Times, March 23rd, 2008New government research has found “large and growing” disparities in
life expectancy for richer and poorer Americans, paralleling the growth
of income inequality in the last two decades.
Life expectancy for the nation
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The Atlantic Online, February 23rd, 2008It is cliché to speak of sleepy little
country towns, but my mother’s hometown goes beyond sleepy into Rip van
Winkle territory. Newark, New York, has more churches than bars. Neat
clapboards and stately Victorians
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Healthday News, January 8th, 2007he new Medicare prescription drug
plan was largely responsible for an 18.7 percent increase in Medicare
spending in 2006, which was double the increase in spending from the year
before, U.S. health officials report.In
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The New York Times, December 27th, 2007The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday that employers could reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare.The policy, set forth in a new regulation,
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Maryland Gazette, November 5th, 2007
I didn't opt to collect my Social Security benefit yet, but I want to
sign up for Medicare when I turn 65 in a few months. Can I do that?
Yes, you can sign up for your Medicare even if you are not collecting
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The Wall Street Journal, October 24th, 2007An official at the agency that runs Medicare said the
government insurance program would "probably not" restrict coverage of
drug-coated stents in response to concerns that they increase the risk
of blood
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Yahoo News, October 8th, 2007A 2003 overhaul of Medicare that
changed the way oncologists are reimbursed for their services did not
alter cancer patients' perceptions of their quality of care, a new survey
found.The poll also found that cancer patients
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The New York Times, September 8th, 2007Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and had claims
improperly denied by private insurers that run the system’s huge new
drug benefit program and offer other private
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