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"If the IRS and Medicare Had a Baby, It Would Look Like This"

Noteworthy (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

......and that is one UGLY baby, isn't it? #

New: Guide to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans

RetirementRevised (Free subscription) | yesterday

The six-week enrollment season for Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans begins on November 15th. RetirementRevised has just added a handy guide to the programs and how to comparison shop. Click here to access the Medicare supplemental policy guide. Related posts:Obama advances Medicare Advantage reformsObama pushing ahead with Medicare Advantage changesDetroit’s woes point to...

CMS Redesigns Medicare Provider Statistical & Reimbursement System

Medicare Update (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Over the last week, I have received a few inquires about a Medicare provider's responsibility with respect to obtaining a Provider Statistical & Reimbursement (PS&R) system report for cost report filing purposes. On June 12, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Transmittal 153 (Change Request 6519) announcing that the redesigned PS&R system (PS&R Redesign)...

CBO Releases Cost Estimate for Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act

Medicare Update (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a cost estimate for the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R.3961), which would repeal the now 21.2 percent Medicare payment rate reduction for physician services in 2010 and restructure the sustainable growth rate (SGR). According to the CBO, H.R.3961 would increase direct spending by about $210 billion over the 2010-2019 period....

Medicare Physician Fees Set to Fall 21.2% in 2010

Gov20, HealthIT & Healthcare Reform (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The American Medical Association (AMA) is supporting the health reform bill in the US House of Representatives that may come to a vote this Saturday, but the voting can't stop there, AMA President J. James Rohack, MD, said. To enact meaningful reform, Dr. Rohack warned that the House also must pass a separate bill on Medicare reimbursement that would avert a 21.2% pay cut for physicians scheduled to...

1 Trillion - 2.5 Trillion: No Big Deal

Celestial Junk (Free subscription) | yesterday

... among friends, a few trillion here and a few trillion there is nothing: If House Democrats hold a vote on their health-care overhaul this weekend, they might as well vote on abolishing the Congressional Budget Office too. It would be no more audacious — and much more honest — than their current strategy for hiding the true cost of their legislation. Never mind the everyday budget gimmicks...

• The $1.5 Trillion Fraud -- By: Michael F. Cannon - National Review Online

Heritage Update: True Cost of Pelosi Plan $2.6 TRILLION

Chlorinated Liberty (Free subscription) | yesterday

While Speaker Pelosi has said that we can't afford not to reform America's Health Care system, one fact remains. There is simply NOTHING affordable about the Pelosi Plan! Via the Foundry ... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership are frantically trying to find enough votes to pass their giant 2,032 page health care legislation this weekend. But before Speaker Pelosi and liberals...

Tell John Adler to vote yes on Health Care Reform

Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | yesterday

This evening, the US House of Representatives may finally vote on a health care reform bill. None of the 177 House Republicans is expected to vote for the bill, so Democrats must find the 218 votes required to pass the bill from within their own caucus. At the moment, it is not at all clear whether or not the bill is going to pass, as several dozen Democrats are on record opposing the bill and a number...

David Owens NY23 Campaign Promises Trashed: Owens Sworn In Abandons Campaign Promises

Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | yesterday

Just like a lying Democrat, David Owens the Democrat winner of the NY 23rd District special election race for the U.s. House of Representatives, was sworn in and minutes later abandoned his campaign promises. Today he will vote for PelosiCare. David Owens Owens was against a public option - that was "then," and "then" was during the campaigning period. According to The Gouverneur...

Impacts of the House Health Care Bill on Vermont

Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cool widgets and info from the House Democrats on the Affordable Health Care for America Act - H.R. 3962 - otherwise known as the House's version of Health Care Reform. According to the House's projections, the impact of this bill on Vermont would be to : ? Improve employer-based coverage for 381,000 residents. ? Provide credits to help pay for coverage for up to 156,000 households. ? Improve Medicare...

Obama Urges House Dems: “This Is It. This Is The Moment.”

The Plum Line (Free subscription) | yesterday

In today’s closed-door caucus meeting, President Obama urged House Dems to grasp the magnitude of the historical moment, telling them they were on the cusp of an achievement as momentous as Social Security and Medicare, a House Dem who was there tells me. “He said, `This is it. This is the moment,’” Dem Rep. [...]

Talboy's three-year haul in lobbyists' gifts- $27,607.29

The Turner Report (Free subscription) | yesterday

"Poverty in downtown Kansas City is another important issue. With fewer job opportunities, those without work find it difficult to find new employment. Health care has become a central focus for many families as it becomes more expensive to maintain insurance. Changes in Medicaid and Medicare make it difficult for many to use federal and state programs for help. "With current poverty rates...

House Health Care Vote: Breaking Updates

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

The House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today. Check this page throughout the day for the latest news, or follow live streaming video and Twitter updates HERE . 10:10 AM ET -- Rep. Dingell to preside over House for first time since 1965 Medicare vote. Democrats wavering on the health care bill will have their heart-strings tugged by the man overseeing today's...

Health Care Bill Moves to the Floor

Letters in Bottles (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

"What's in our grasp right now is a chance to prevent a future where every day, 14,000 Americans continue to lose their health insurance, and every year, 18,000 Americans die because they don't have it." What's also in our grasp right now , President Obama, is a chance for an unprecedented federal government intervention into the lives of Americans and into the market. It's wrong. Passage...

ObamaCare: If It's Private, Kill It!

Doug Ross @ Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dan from New York: Excerpt of an email received from a big "community organizer":Health insurer Humana posted a 65% jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, due largely to a bulging membership and to premiums from Medicare Advantage...Humana has faced the wrath of seniors across the country after falsely warning them that their benefits are at risk due to health reform...Many senior advocates...