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Compare Medicare prescription drug plans
Medicare recipients can start shopping for a 2009 prescription drug plan. Enrollment runs from Nov. 15 through Jan. 1, although health plan members have until March 31. For help, check: Medicare at www.medicare.gov or 800-633-4227. Florida Serving...Tags: Private Health Care, Government Health Care
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Market cannot cure what ails health care
As a practicing physician for almost 40 years, I read with sheer incredulity the column "Cut health costs through market innovation" (Commentary, Oct. 7). The column advocates "using innovation to make health care cheaper and more accessible." But the...Tags: Medical Services, Government Health Care, Invention and Innovation
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Who pays for therapy? It's a complicated issue
United Feature SyndicateQuestion: My mother was hospitalized in mid-June after a stroke and complications with diabetes that left her paralyzed on the left side, unable to talk and walk. Her doctors began the therapy process almost immediately, and, after 10 days, began...Tags: Physical Fitness, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Therapies
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Rivals short on specifics for entitlement reform
Social Security and Medicare long have been considered the nation's fiscal time bombs, and the ticking is getting louder. But presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have no comprehensive plans to overhaul the systems and are campaigning...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Wages and Pensions, State Budgets, Barack Obama
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Senior Notes
ar.seniorsbriefs09.ART senior notes Register for classes The South County Senior Center, 27 Stepney's Lane, Edgewater, is holding registration for fall...Tags: Halloween, Public Holidays, Diseases, Death and Dying, Breast Cancer
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Elders' self-interest is to vote for Obama
saulfriedman @comcast.netWith less than a month before this most important election in my lifetime, I'll leave it to the professional pundits to provide the differences between the major candidates on the cosmic issues of war and peace, the future of the economy and climate...Tags: Government, Political Systems, Health Insurance, Wages and Pensions, National Government
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And the criticism
Health policy advisors to Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain summed up the candidates' criticism of their opponents' plans in an Oct. 1 debate. Said Dr. Irwin Redlener, advisor to Obama: "The healthcare system is wacky and out of control. It can't run...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Economy, Healthcare Policies, Barack Obama
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The state of healthcare
The United States spent $2.1 trillion on healthcare in 2006, according to national health expenditure data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That number is expected to hit $4.3 trillion by the end of 2017 -- 19.5% of the gross...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Economy, Healthcare Policies, Barack Obama
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The analyses
The Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit organization that supports independent research on healthcare, finds fundamental differences between the two plans. The organization has summarized the candidates' positions in 22 areas, including prescription drugs,...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Economy, Healthcare Policies, Barack Obama
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John McCain, Barack Obama on healthcare
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJohn McCain and Barack Obama's health reform plans are different both in their approaches to solving problems and their potential effects on voters. But to choose wisely, you have to do some homework. To help, we offer a guide to online resources that...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Economy, Healthcare Policies, Barack Obama
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Drug coverage erodes in many South Florida Medicare plans
South Florida Sun-SentinelChange or pay more, or both: Those are the choices for Medicare recipients with prescription drug coverage in 2009. Medicare on Friday released full details about drug plans available next year, showing they are raising monthly premiums and co-payments...Tags: Humana Incorporated, Healthcare Policies, Government Health Care, Broward County
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Healthcare: Where McCain , Obama stand
Where they stand on health care, as adapted from an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. JOHN MCCAIN OVERALL. Begin taxing employer-sponsored health benefits as income, instead providing a tax credit of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for...Tags: Illnesses, Insurance, Medical Conditions, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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