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Hospitalized Seniors Hit Hard By The Medicare Coverage Gap

Today, NBC reported on a story about hospitalized seniors pushed into nursing home care who are never “admitted” and rack up thousand of dollars in fees that Medicare won’t cover.  Unbeknownst to patients and their families, hospital officials place patients in an observation status instead of admitting them as an in-patient. As a result, the […]

#AARP recommends sensible solutions to strengthen Medicare

Last week AARP representatives from all 50 states visited Capitol Hill to express opposition to the President’s proposed “Chained CPI” Social Security benefit cuts and to support responsible solutions to strengthen Medicare. The AARP representatives urged Senators, Members of Congress and their staff, to back specific proposals that would strengthen Medicare for future generations. According […]

Rep. Ryan meets President at White House. Are Medicare cuts coming?

When the sequester hit the federal budget seven days ago, the budget hawk on the right, Rep. Paul Ryan, started re-floating his 2012 budget plan as the solution.  Opponents of the GOP budget will recall that Ryan is in favor of raising the age for Medicare eligibility and privatizing the health care program. The White […]

How will Immigration Reform Impact the Future of Medicare? (video)

Have you stopped to consider how U.S. immigration laws might impact the future viability of the Medicare and Social Security programs?  Robert Reich did.  His latest video editorial on how the Baby Boomer generation is bankrupting Medicare and Social Security is thought provoking and timely. Immigration reform is already on the national agenda, but we’ve […]

Is Paul Ryan’s Medicare Reform Concept Doomed?

The Huffington Post reported yesterday that Henry Arron, co-creator of the Medicare reform concept that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) supports, no longer believes it is the best approach. “Aaron and former Urban Institute president Robert Reischauer came up with the idea of “premium support” in 1995, after the failure of then-First Lady Hillary Clinton’s bid […]

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