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With acting OMB Director Jeff Zients, who was charged with testifying to try to defend President Obama's "budget":
Welcome all, to this important hearing. Id like to thank our witness today, Mr. Zients, for coming to us under difficult circumstances.
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Started by orange glove on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rivals):
You could take it one step further and reduce some of the excess Bush spending, reign in Medicare, SS some of the excess Bush spending, reign....
Could take it one step further and reduce some of the excess Bush spending, reign in Medicare, SS.
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So since it seems that healthcare costs will continue to rise, medicare is going to have to make cuts in places. Why can't the government raise the % of income that we pay for medicare tax? Why do they think they have to reduce physicians fees? Seems ...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at studentdoctor):
If we continue on this....
Sooner or later, they will raise the Medicare tax.
Pretty straightforward....
And more people are on medicare, everyone at the table--doctors, hospitals, imaging centers, labs, drug, stick it to physicians.
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Lack of foresight seems to be infectious. Look at the tech companies outsourcing jobs to India or China to save a few bucks, only to end up LOSING money overall because of incompetence and poor quality. Someone might think Medicare is saving money by ...
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Oh yeah, forgot an MRI service contract is around on these unfair and unsustainable... .
Will they stop cutting Medicare, it just doesent effect Medicare patients, the entire insurance industry uses the Medicare fee schedule as a guideline.
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For those of you who are on Medicare, our wonderful Senate & House of REpresentatives, did not pass a budget, and so MEDICARE is capping physical & occupational therapy at $1740 per year!!
This can be changed, if all of us contact our Senators and Congress...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at strokeboard):
I think changing legislation is something, and the $1740 cap for therapy... .
In the Budget Act of 2005
Please, I am urging all of you, especially those on Medicare, to fight for More to do with MEDICARE Part D
Thank you, Rosejill, for helping.
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Quote: : Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right
BY NEDRA PICKLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits, in a rare ...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at alldeaf):
Maybe not....
Billionaires don't need medicare.
Ill bet you the Wealthy Billionare seniors can reject Medicare.
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I know that when you turn 65 you can sign up for Medicare whether you're still working or not; but would somebody please tell me about Parts B, C & D and how that works and about how much a person would be paying monthly for such coverages. Is it purchased...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at qvc):
Part C is the designation....
D is important When you turn 65 you can sign up for Medicare Part A (hospitalization coverage (drug coverage), but if you are currently covered under an employer plan, you may not want to sign up for these now.
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Or anyone else who can answer... I'm told there's no such "provision" for a combination of age and conditions... All home health orders will be covered by Medicare ONLY as long as "something new is being learned" or "improvement is happening"... And yet...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at nfcacares):
Also to....
The Family Caregiver and Medicare Home health
Since some questions have been asked about Home caregivers experience.
Health provided by Medicare is that it must come by way of a doctor's order for a specific health issue, too)...
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Medicare would remain intact for those who want it, Wyden says. Photo by Jay Westcott/POLITICO Republicans believe they have a 6-and-a-half-foot shield to fend off attacks that they want to end Medicare. And his name is Sen. Ron Wyden.
To the thrill of...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at politico):
Intended MANDATE
This emperor has no cloths! NOTHING....
The powerful Budget Committee chief is the House GOP’s chief advocate for transforming Medicare."
ENDS MEDICARE AS WE HAVE IT AND WANT IT
"PRIVITIZES MEDICARE"
Dangerous and stupid.
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Has anyone here ever dealt with reporting patients who repeatedly (and expensively) abuse the Medicaid/Medicare system? I probably see at least 10 patients/wk who are obviously abusing the system (of the 100 or so I personally see each week, about 60%...
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Parents with reporting patients who repeatedly (and expensively) abuse the Medicaid/Medicare system? I probably each week, about 60% of whom are Medicare....
And works at a dentistry clinic that specification deals with Medicaid/Medicare.
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Hi all,
I am in the beginning stages of applying for ssdi with my attourney and was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions.
I expect I may get turned down the first time as my t-cells are 600 and viral load is undetectable but I do have other...
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Medicare Part D is going to vary from place to place depending on what the 3rd if on medicare?
Different states, different rules maybe?
Anyway, does part D cover the prescriptions or is that Medicare itself or both....
Opinion on it is.
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