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Major Healthcare Provider For Latinos Risks Medicare Funding Due To Negligence

HuffingtonPost.com | Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Parkland Medicaid, Uninsured Latinos, Uninsured Hispanics, Cms, Parkland Hispanics, Parkland Latinos, Parkland Funding, Parkland Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Parkland Cms, Hospitals, Parkland Hospital, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Parkland Patients, Elba Garcia, Latino Voices News

DALLAS -- Parkland Memorial Hospital, which has been cited by federal regulators for continued threats to patient safety, plans to sign a "systems im...

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Marcus Welby, M.D. Had it Right: House Calls Save Money and Improve Care

Wendell Potter | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Cms, Department of Veterans Affairs, Cbo, Veterans Affairs, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Dr. Donald Berwick, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Politics News

We clearly need more doctors who see the wisdom of going back to the future to deliver care in the setting that makes the most economic and humane sense -- the home.

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Will Budget Hawks Have the Guts to Reject Doctors' Demands? Probably Not.

Jim Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cms, Congress, Physicians, Federal Budget Deficit, John Boehner, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Tea Party, Paul Ryan, Politics News

Sometime in the next few months we'll get a clear signal about whether Congress is serious about constraining Medicare costs. My guess is that they'll increase payments by tens of billions of dollars.

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At High-Poverty Schools One Volunteer Can Make All The Difference

Charlotte Observer | Eric Frazier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlotte, Education, Cms, Poverty, Charlotte-North Carolina, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, School Reform, High-Povery Schools, Public Education, Impact News

With Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools slashing teachers and programs to close a $100 million budget gap, can one volunteer make a difference at a struggl...

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Millions of Lives Will Be Changed By Home Health Care Cuts

David Mixner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, HIV/AIDS, Congress, Cms, Home Care, Health Policy, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Democrats, Chronic Illness, Home News

Those of us who lived through the worst of the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s have a very special spot in our heart for ...

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Cutting Home-Based Care Defies Fiscal and Political Logic

Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Economy, 2010 Election, Affordable Care Act, Jobs, Medicare, Cms, Congress, Chronic Disease Prevention, Home Health Care, Cost Containment, Home News

As policymakers prepare to shift to a post-election mindset, nowhere is there a better opportunity to drive down costs, create jobs and ensure the well being of millions of Americans.

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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

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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Cutting Subsidies to Insurers Are Not Benefit Cuts

Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cms, Humana Letter, Medicare Advantage, Ahip, Medicare Advantage Plans, Politics News

It's time we call this decades-long dance with the insurance industry and Medicare what it is-- political extortion--not benefit cuts.

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Does Humana Have a Free Speech Right To Mislead The Elderly?

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Lemieux, First Amendment Law, First Amendment, Mitch McConnell, Chip Pitts, Commercial Speech, Health Care Reform, Aarp, Cms, Medicare Advantage, Humana, Humana Letter, Healthcare, Humana in the News, Politics News

Medicare officials have admonished one provider for using customer lists to engage in political advocacy and lobbying -- a policy shift that could establish new legal principles in First Amendment law.

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GOP Rushes To Defend Insurance Companies From Dem Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Run Health Care, Insurance Companies, Congress, Health Care Debate, Dave-Camp, John Boehner, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Obama Administration, John Kyl, Senate, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Reform, Cms, Medicare, Health Care, Humana Letter, Politics News

UPDATE: Veering right into Glenn Beck territory, House Republicans darkly hinted Wednesday that the White House was behind the nefarious plot to muzz...

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McCain Helps SNL Score 2nd Best Ratings In A Decade: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 3, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ads, Fcc, Cms, Saturday Night Live, Digital Transition, Sanyo, Mediabytes, Panasonic, Nikkei, Election, Ad Units, Auditude, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Mtv, Snl, Media News, Tina Fey, Myspace, John McCain, Media News

John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live helped the show average a 9.0 household rating/ 20 share in metered markets. Saturday's SNL was only...

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