Medicare

As I gear up to review our family's 2008-2009 fiscal budget -- we've oddly stayed on a May-June fiscal since my husband's graduate school days -- ... Read More »

Just when it seemed like things couldn't possibly get any more crazy in this year's election, this past weekend Ralph Nader decided to throw his hat ... Read More »

In a move that is sure to make hospital administrators feel slightly uneasy, medicare is implementing a no-pay policy for hospital errors that could ... Read More »

Sleep studies are undoubtedly uncomfortable. Dozens of wires attached to multiple locations across the head, face, neck, and body; a strange bed in a ... Read More »

Some doctors nationwide are facing a 10 percent rate cut next year when newer Medicare laws go into effect January 1st. However, U.S. lawmakers this ... Read More »

Try this on for size -- in 2006, the Medicare system took a $32 billion dollar hit based on the number of drug prescriptions given to seniors in the ... Read More »

Is Medicare actually considered quality care by those in the know? Sure, some consider Medicare decent, but a research study just released has ... Read More »

In 2003, Medicare laws changed the way oncologists are reimbursed for treating cancer patients, and any perception by patients that the quality of ... Read More »

Is the Medicare system broken and/or corrupt? That notion has been bandied about for quite a long time now, although the reasons lean more toward ... Read More »

This past Thursday, a bill was approved by a U.S. Senate Finance Committee that would give the government the power to negotiate for better Medicare ... Read More »