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House GOP proposes plan to balance budget; Democrats balk
March 12, 2013

Editorial: Don't replace Medicare – just fix its excesses
March 08, 2013

Firms agree to settle Medicare fraud case
May 02, 2012

Settlement in Medicare fraud allegation case involving Sacramento hospital
May 01, 2012

Sacto 911: $3.45 million settlement in Medicare fraud allegation involving Sacramento hospital
May 01, 2012

Editorial: Will Ryan bring more policy heft to the campaign? Don't bet on it
August 14, 2012

Medicare Program Videos

Elderly Fraud
April 12, 2013 | KXOF

St. Luke's, Easton pay up for Medicare overcharging
April 04, 2013 | WFMZ Allentown, PA

Medicate open enrollment
November 14, 2012 | WIAT CBS 42

Sacramento Connect

New program to curb hospital return visits may burden smaller ones in poorer areas
May 13, 2013
New program to curb hospital return visits may burden smaller ones in poorer areas (map) Deborah Schoch, California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health...

Obama administration intervenes to give $71.5 billion to overpaid, for-profit Medicare Advantage plans
April 09, 2013
April 9, 2013 - Medicare's costs will jump by $7.43 billion next year – the equivalent of $149 for each of the nearly 50 million beneficiaries in the program –...

Opinion: "Path to Prosperity?" Paul Ryan’s Plan Medicare Plan Looks Like a Path to the Poorhouse
August 13, 2012
Aug. 12, 2012 - If Americans who are embracing Rep. Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" -- and that now includes Mitt Romney -- spent a few minutes reviewing a few...

Garamendi Decries Reckless Cuts to Senior Services in Ryan Republican Budget
March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC, March 13, 2013 – Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), who was President Bill Clinton's health care advisor and served as California's...

Wendell Potter: Insurers and drug companies and their armies of lobbyists get what they pay for on Capitol Hill
February 04, 2013
Feb. 4, 2013 - If you wonder why we spend more money on health care than any other country but have some of the worst health outcomes, you need look no further...

Sierra Vista Settles Case with US
May 01, 2012
Psychiatric Solutions Inc. and Universal Health Services Inc. have settled their case with the U.S. government Tuesday, agreeing to pay $3.45 million after...

From around the web

Another Obamacare deadline missed
April 29, 2013 | michellemalkin.com
'' The president could not even get [ Don Berwick ] appointed to run the Medicare program,'' says Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), adding,'' And the head of Medicare has far...

' Robots' zap superbugs in hospitals
April 29, 2013 | indystar.com
Meanwhile, insurers are pushing hospitals to do a better job and the government's Medicare program has moved to stop paying bills for certain infections caught in the hospital....

Earnings Preview: WellPoint reports on 1Q Wednesday
April 22, 2013 | indystar.com
UnitedHealth is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, which are subsidized, privately run versions of the federal government's Medicare program for the elderly and...

David Orentlicher: Indiana's poor will suffer without Medicaid expansion
March 14, 2013 | indystar.com
While the federal-state Medicaid program has never reached half of the poor, the federal-only Medicare program insures nearly all Americans once they reach age 65. Similarly,...

' The Eve of Destruction'
January 04, 2013 | Books
In rapid succession, he pushed through bills to ensure voting rights, aid disadvantaged public school students, provide health care for the elderly through his new Medicare program ...

Medicare Program on twitter

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	#tco increase in the total amount of net Medicare program spending relative to the total amount of net Medicare program spending that would Twitter: @NJIvorygirl
	#tco including in rural and frontier areas; ‘‘(iii) include recommendations that target reductions in Medicare program spending to sources Twitter: @NJIvorygirl
	#tco ‘‘(vi) The proposal shall only include recommendations related to the Medicare program. ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing Twitter: @NJIvorygirl