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- STATES SEEK MEDICARE-MEDICAID COMBO. // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;6/05/96, Vol. 70 Issue 11, p79
Reports on the proposal by six New England states led by Massachusetts on the availability of combined Medicare-Medicaid managed care programs for low-income and disabled seniors. Goal; Concern on implications in managed care practices.
- What medicare has meant to older Americans. Moon, Marilyn // Health Care Financing Review;Winter96, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p49
Summarizes the success of Medicare perspective of older Americans. Universal coverage of the Medicare program; Financial relief of the Medicare beneficiaries; Expanded access of the health insurance; Access to mainstream medical care; Conclusions.
- A new era in the politics of aging: How will old-age interest groups respond? Binstock, Robert H. // Generations;Fall95, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p68
Discusses old-age interest groups' challenge of how to protect the Medicare and Medicaid programs from substantial reductions in funding and significant structural changes. Policies and interest groups in the earlier eras; New political context for policies on aging; Possible consequences of...
- National media outreach campaign to seniors about preventing Medicare fraud; Effort also aimed at recruiting more volunteers. // Biomedical Market Newsletter;4/14/2011, p173
The article focuses on the Sr Medicare Patrol media and outreach campaign in the U.S., which educate senior consumers about Medicare fraud. According to Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee, empowerment of consumers to prevent fraud was...
- Senior Rx aid plans delayed. Conlan, Michael F. // Drug Topics;1/17/2000, Vol. 144 Issue 2, p59
Reports on pharmaceutical-related issues in the United States. Why the state of Michigan has delayed its expanded prescription drug aid program for its senior citizens; How the money from the tobacco settlement will help the program; Concerns of registered pharmacists about their privacy and...
- Agencies seek extension of Medicaid benefits. Wiener, Robert // New Jersey Jewish News;6/3/2010, Vol. 64 Issue 22, p8
The article reports on the failure of supporters of the Federal Medicaid Adjustment Percentage which would increase federal funding benefiting the ill and the elderly in the U.S.
- US government debates Medicare coverage of prescription costs. Gottlieb, Scott // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);07/10/99, Vol. 319 Issue 7202, p75
Reports on the plans of United States President Bill Clinton on structural changes in the Medicare program concerning the elderly. Difficulties in passing legislation on the issue; Controversial part of the plan; Concerns of the pharmaceutical industry on the proposal.
- Fancy drugs for worried folks. Dunea, George // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);08/21/99, Vol. 319 Issue 7208, p525
Focuses on the drug coverage of Medicare for aged in the United States (US). Information on the proposal of US President Bill Clinton regarding the issue.
- SENIORS WARNED ABOUT MEDICARE OPTIONS. // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;09/05/97, Vol. 71 Issue 17, p96
Warns that Medicare provisions contained in the budget bill signed by President Bill Clinton could strip seniors of financial and quality safeguards. Nature of the private indemnity insurance option; Comment of Donna Shalala of Health and Human Services on the provision.
