At a time when more baby boomers are becoming eligible for Medicare than ever before, doctors may not be available to see them under this plan. It won’t matter if you have coverage if you don’t have a physician that is available to you. On January 1, 2010, hidden cuts were made to Medicare by [...]
While we await the outcome of the vote in the Supreme Court deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act (which dictates your healthcare options), the House of Representatives, (controlled by Republicans) approved a new budget repealing healthcare reform. In addition it would semi-privatize Medicare. While the vote was 228-191, it is unlikely to pass [...]
Today in the New York Times, an issue comes to light regarding the scarcity of cancer drugs, not just for the elderly but for unfortunate children as well. The letter below speaks for this. submitted Sunday, August 07th, 2011 at 6:47 am. ———————— Name: Julian Lieb,M.D Email: Julian@DoctorLieb.com Donald Berwick, M.D Director Centers for Medicare [...]
Medicaid patients, beware! This year, CMS (the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) made a public statement that physicians, nurse practitioners, clinics and hospital facilities will not be reimbursed any more for treating medical problems, injuries, or readmissions when they should were avoidable. This is in keeping with a section of the Affordable Care Act [...]
MEDICARE PAY INCREASE For those of you who are on Medicare, read the article below. It is about the monthly amount of money you are going to pay into Medicare in 2011, 2012 and the huge increase you will pay in 2013. It’s a short important article: You will pay it. Social Security Congress will [...]
$2.8 Trillion Stolen… And They Want More! Concerned Citizens Say: “Stop Stealing From Social Security!” Petition Sponsor: Grassfire Nation More than 28,000 signers For years, politicians have been stealing from Social Security. Every penny of the surplus allegedly in a Social Security “trust fund” — $2.8 trillion in all — has already been spent in [...]
A new article was just published by Jordan Rau with The Washington Post, entitled “Medicare To Begin Basing Hospital Payments On Patient-Satisfaction Scores”. See the article below Thought your hospital room was dirty? Did your nurse sometimes ignore you? If so, the hospital has a new reason to worry: Patient gripes soon will affect how [...]
The following article (entitled ER visits rise despite health insurance coverage) was written by Alicia Caramenico Despite the belief that emergency room visits will go down when more people have health insurance, more than 80 percent of emergency physicians reported a rise in ER visits, according to new poll by the American College of Emergency [...]
The following is an interesting parallel written by Chris Fleming and appearing in the Health Affairs Blog. If the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that individuals purchase health insurance is an unacceptable infringement on the liberty of Americans, is the requirement that Americans “purchase” Medicare with payroll taxes an equally unacceptable infringement of that liberty? While [...]
The Senate side-stepped a catastrophe to senior healthcare this month as it passed the “doc fix”, legislation sponsored by Harry Reid and Sen. Max Baucus, which slashes Medicare reimbursements to physicians by 25%, slated for January 1. Instead, the Medicare reimbursements will remain the same. At least, this is what everyone hopes will take place [...]
