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- Senators introduce Medicare panel bill. // AHA News;2/24/97, Vol. 33 Issue 7, p3
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Reports that the US House of Representatives has approved a legislation expanding the Medicare Select demonstration program to all 50 states. Medicare Select as an insurance option.
- House and Senate Proposals. // Congressional Digest;Nov95, Vol. 74 Issue 11, p266
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- Medicare proposal puts cost on access. // Ophthalmology Times;7/31/95, Vol. 20 Issue 29, p4
Reports on the US House of Representatives' draft proposal requiring Medicare recipients to pay higher copayments and deductibles for a fee-for-service plan.
- Massachusetts and California Pass Prosthetic Parity Legislation. // O&P Business News;11/1/2006, Vol. 15 Issue 21, p13
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- Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas v. Harris: A Dubious Consequence of Piecemeal Health Care Legislation. Berk, Deborah K. // American Journal of Law & Medicine;Summer83, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p205
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- Medicare Drug Bill Raises Consumer Ire. Brostoff, Steven // National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;7/8/2002, Vol. 106 Issue 27, p34
Reports on the opposition of consumer groups to the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act which was approved by the U.S. House in July 2002. Information on the voluntary prescription drug benefit program under the bill; View of the Healthcare Leadership Council on the legislation;...
- Reform still to come. Hayes, Robert // Modern Healthcare;1/5/2004, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p22
Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "ABCDs of Medicare reform," in the December 22/29, 2003 issue.
- Too little, too late. Gloger, Barry // Modern Healthcare;7/21/2008, Vol. 38 Issue 29, p26
A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about a veto of the Medicare bill that would fix the physician payment system.
