Medicare

A furor has erupted over the recent revelation by the Bush administration that the new Medicare prescription drug la...

This companion book to the PBS special of the same name offers a storehouse of practical advice for caregivers.

Some stand to gain and others will lose as a result of the new Medicare bill that just passed Congress.

Republicans in Congress announced they had reached an "agreement in principle" with two Democratic senators on a Med...

A federal judge&#39s ruling means that Medicare recipients who have suffered strokes or who have chronic illnesses l...

Retirees fear that if the Medicare prescription drug bill is enacted, they stand to lose drug benefits they already have from former employers, according to an article in the New York Times. The issue is emerging as the most immediate threat...

A new study calls into question the widespread belief that the increasing life expectancy in the United States will require greater Medicare spending. The study by federal researchers, reported in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, concludes that...

The government is going after power wheelchair vendors who bill Medicare for equipment never delivered or who offer products to Medicare beneficiaries who don''t need them, according to an article in New York Newsday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

The Bush administration has announced it expects to cut Medicare payments to doctors by another 4.2 percent at the beginning of 2004, unless Congress passes legislation that would reduce or eliminate the cut. The proposed cut follows a 5.4 percent...