Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

After Recent Revelations, Hospitals Must Finally Become Safety-First Environments

Pearl Korn | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Montefiore Medical Center, George Bush, New York Daily News, Tort Reform, Public Citizen, Medical Malpractice, Hospitals, Medicaid, ABC News, Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Congress, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News
Pearl Korn

For decades, and through one administration after another, the lack of safety in our healthcare system has gone un-addressed, placing us at greater and greater risk.

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Feds Stop Illinois Medicaid Reforms, Angering Lawmakers

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Mark Kirk Medicaid, Mark Kirk, Chicago, Illinois Medicaid Reform, Medicaid Reform, Illinois, Medicaid, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Illinois Medicaid, Cmms, Chicago News

A law enacting major reforms to the state of Illinois's Medicaid program hit a stumbling block on Monday, as the federal government announced that two...

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Ryan Grim

Report: Medicare Boosted By Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Medicare Trustees, Health Care Reform, Medicare Trust Fund, Economic Downturn, Medicare, Medicare Trustees Report, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Rick Foster, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Medicare trust fund will last eight years longer than it would have without the passage of last year's health care law, the program...

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Some Doctors Question Medicare Program in Health Law

Todd Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Israel, American Medical Association, Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Accountable Care Organizations, Mayo Clinic, New York News
Todd Baker

The health care overhaul is being hit with a new set of arguments, this time by doctors who suggest that a lnew Medicare program creates a potential threat to their autonomy and to patient care.

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Compassion & Choices Membership: Something to be Proud Of

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cms, Dr. Donald Berwick, End of Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Senate, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

It's a new experience for Compassion and Choices to occupy the center of a partisan battle. The issues our clients confront are certainly not exclusive to one political party or another.

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Health Care Costs Set A Record: Spending Was 17.3% Of The Economy Last Year

LA Times | Noam N. Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Obama Healthcare, Cost of Healthcare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

In a stark reminder of growing costs, the government has released a new estimate that healthcare spending grew to a record 17.3% of the U.S. economy l...

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Medicare Advantage Premiums To Rise 25% Next Year

wsj.com | Jane Zhang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare Advantage, Humana Inc., WellCare Health Plans Inc., Health Care Reform, Premiums, Obama, Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Care, Seniors, Obama Administration, Business News

Premiums that seniors pay for Medicare Advantage plans will increase an average of 25% next year, largely because insurers, in response to new federal...

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House Health Care Bill Reportedly Would Sharply Reduce Benefits For Senior Citizens

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Medicare Spending, Senior Care, Health Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Reform, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid, Medicare, Medicaid, Nancy Pelosia Health Care Bill, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Care, Richard S. Foster, Politics News

A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul ...

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