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Medicare Defined
Federal program for people 65 or older that pays part of the costs associated with hospitalization, surgery, doctors’ bills, home health care, and skilled-nursing care.
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Older Adult Volunteers Bring New Expertise and New Life to Nonprofits
Published July 3, 2009, 12:35 pm, Carteret County News-Times
(ARA) - When Margaret Ross retired from a career in nursing, she had no idea that her new life as a volunteer would lead her right back into healthcare.
How to Hit a Financial Planning Homerun
Published July 3, 2009, 3:32 am, Carteret County News-Times
(ARA) - The crack of the bat. The roar of the crowd as you round the bases. While hitting a homerun in the big leagues is only the stuff of dreams for most of us, baseball can serve as a wonderful analogy for our quest for financial security.
Wal-Mart"™s healthy change - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 PST
Published July 3, 2009, 12:23 am, The Spokesman-Review
Americans agree on health care. Ask them, “Who should pay for it?” and they all answer, “Not me.” But follow up with, “Who, then?” and you have a fight on your hands.
2nd UPDATE: US Senate Health Proposal Carries Smaller Price Tag
Published July 2, 2009, 10:53 am, Nasdaq
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A Senate health-care proposal released Thursday would keep more people in employer-sponsored health plans and cost far less than an earlier version of the proposal that drew heavy criticism.
Senate Dems say health bill covers 97%
Published July 2, 2009, 10:29 am, The Hill
Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled their plans to create a government-run public health insurance option and require most employers to provide healthcare...
Health care reform: What small business wants
Published July 2, 2009, 7:48 am, CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance
As Congress prepares to do battle over health reform, a parallel dispute is shaping up among small-business groups that are staking out opposing positions on a key element of reform proposals: whether Uncle Sam will take on a bigger role in offering insurance coverage or leave the field to the private market.
3 burst into store, snatch drinks, food
Published July 2, 2009, 7:02 am, Daily Courier
Three masked men robbed a convenience store of beverages and other merchandise, Uniontown police said.
Cataract calamity
Published July 2, 2009, 4:31 am, Leader Community Newspapers
THE medical rebate for cataract surgery, which was slashed in the Federal Budget, will hurt Banyule's older residents, a local eye doctor says.
Hyperbaric for hyper healing
Published July 2, 2009, 1:29 am, The Desert Sun
The image of Michael Jackson sleeping in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber entered my mind as I crawled into a clear cylinder in an oh-so-becoming blue hospital gown at Rancho Mirage Hyperbarics.
Advocates help patients sort through medical bills
Published July 1, 2009, 10:59 pm, The Indianapolis Star
Getting sick is bad enough; wrangling with insurance can be overwhelming.
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Fri Jul 3
- The QandO Online Magazine: Free Markets, Free People
- What's at Stake in the Medicare Showdown - WSJ.com
- Ezra Klein - Does Medicare Pay Below "Cost?" (Wonky!): Yes for primary care, no for specialists. For efficient hospitals it meets costs.
- Time for Hard Choices - 07/02/2009 - The Burrill Report
- ?Merits of Wider Drug Coverage?: Prescription Drug/Medicare, Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2009
Thu Jul 2
- No Insurance Surgery, Inc.
- The Work-Up - Insured but Unprotected, and Driven Bankrupt by Health Crises - Series - NYTimes.com
- http://www.nyt imes.com/2009/ 05/13/us/polit ics/13health.h tml?_r=3&hp
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Atul Gawande: The Cost Conundrum Redux: News Desk: Online Only: The New Yorker
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