The political economy of Medicare
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- President's Plan Fuels Medicare Debate. // PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy;May2003, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p66
Reports on criticisms against the proposed Medicare modernization by U.S. President George W. Bush. Skepticism of legislators; Inclusion of drug benefits into the modernization plan; Issues related to Medicare coverage.
- Congress kicks off budget negotiations. Kostreski, Farah // AHA News;6/5/95, Vol. 31 Issue 23, p1
Reports that the US Congress will negotiate rational reductions in Medicare and Medicaid. Restructuring of the health system; Incentives to encourage coordinated care; Long-term restructuring of hospitals.
- Partisans take aim at opposition. Berkman, Leslie // AHA News;2/5/96, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p1
Reports on the debate between Republican and Democratic legislators on the health policy in the United States. Plans to decentralize Medicaid and Medicare; Proposals on the funding of Medicaid.
- Two different spending forecasts to guide Medicare discussions. Cassil, Alwyn // AHA News;06/08/98, Vol. 34 Issue 22, p3
Reports that the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare agreed to use two sets of spending projections to guide discussions on how to overhaul the system. Gap between the two baseline spending forecasts for 2030; Assumptions of the two projections; Comments from several health...
- Bandages, borders and balkanization. Jenkinson, Michael // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;4/3/95, Vol. 22 Issue 16, p16
Discusses the Canadian federal government's healthcare policy. Dependence of Medicare reform on the Canada Health Act (CHA); Provincial control over appropriations; Prospects for implementation of CHA in the provinces.
- HHS will not seek recoupment of Medicare payments to hospitals serving poor. Browne // New York Amsterdam News;11/18/99, Vol. 90 Issue 47, p17
Reports on the United States Department of Health & Human Services' agreement not to seek recoupment of Medicare payments to hospitals serving the poor. Original plans to the department to recover Medicare payments; Estimated losses of hospitals in New York City, if the agency pushed through...
- Snags in plan to lower age limit for Medicare. Goodrich, Lawrence J. // Christian Science Monitor;3/11/98, Vol. 90 Issue 72, p4
Discusses the proposal from President Clinton which would expand the number of people eligible for Medicare in the United States by lowering the age when people become eligible. Why members of Congress want to wait for the results of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare;...
- Physicians' Medicare Part B bills must include ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes. // hfm (Healthcare Financial Management);May94, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p5
Reports on the Health Care Financing Administration's rule requiring that all bills or requests for payment for physician services under Medicare Part B include diagnostic coding. Effective date of the rule; Requirement for physicians to use the international Classification of Diseases, Ninth...
- Few changes expected in 1996 PPS rules. // hfm (Healthcare Financial Management);Jun95, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p5
Reports on the expected changes in Medicare's prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services in the United States. Hospital market basket index for fiscal year 1996; Absence of changes in the outlier policy.
- AAHP Calls 2002 Medicare+Choice Rates A Direct Challenge To New Congress To Save Medicare HMOs. // Insurance Advocate;01/20/2001, Vol. 113 Issue 3, p40
Reports that the reimbursement rates the United States administration has proposed for Medicare+Choice in 2002 is a challenge to the United States Congress according to the American Association of Health Plans. Request for a long-term solution to adequate reimbursement for managed care plans.
