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Medicare disruptions seen if health law is struck
19.05.12
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare's payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack Obama's health care law is summarily overturned, the administration has quietly informed the courts.
Although Obama's overhaul made significant cuts to providers and improved prescription and preventive benefits, Medicare was overlooked in Supreme Court arguments that focused on the law's controversial requirement that individuals carry health insurance.
Source: WMBF
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AARP Not Happy With Latest Debt Ceiling Talk
TPMDC - Jul 07, 2011
harmful cuts to the Medicare program or shift additional costs onto Medicare beneficiaries. Half of all beneficiaries live on incomes of less than $22000, and many already struggle to pay for their ever-rising health and prescription drug costs.
Medicaid shifting to home care
Dayton Daily News - Jul 05, 2011
blind or disabled program. And there may be future opportunity to care for “dual-eligibles,” or Medicaid members who are also eligible for Medicare. This October, the prescription drug benefit will be reintegrated into managed care.
The Goals of AARP
New York Times - Jul 01, 2011
Medicare in 1965 and the establishment of a prescription drug benefit in 2003. We have vigorously and effectively resisted plans that would undermine seniors' financial security, like turning Social Security into a system of risky private accounts.
How AARP Can Get Its Groove Back
New York Times - Jun 24, 2011
AARP has adopted a pragmatic, bipartisan approach over the last decade. Using its well-financed lobbying machine, the group was instrumental in obtaining Medicare prescription drug coverage in 2003, blocking George W. Bush's efforts to privatize Social
AARP slammed for not fighting Social Security cuts
The Associated Press - Jun 17, 2011
But the group supported Bush's successful effort to start a Medicare prescription drug program, which many liberal groups opposed because they thought it was too generous to drug makers. AARP declined to join the Strengthen Social Security Campaign,