Medicare - Health Care Policy

A group of lawmakers had threatened to oppose President Barack Obama's health overhaul bill because of a dispute over Medicare payments to some doctors and hospitals.But the group's leader says the problem has been settled.Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said the administration has ...

Rollback of Medicare cuts to doctors, if added to health care bill, push it into the redCongressional budget scorekeepers say a Medicare fix that Democrats included in earlier versions of their health care bill would push it into the red.The Congressional Budget ...

Health Secretary Sebelius says she's confident health care bill will get enough votes to passU.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that she's confident the House will have the votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care legislation, possibly as early as ...

Health Care 101:If Obama's bill passes, the changes start small and keep getting bigger It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill._SENIORS Seniors have been understandably worried about the health care plan, much of it financed with ...

Pharmaceutical industry group spent $6.3M lobbying in Q4, on health overhaul, other issues The pharmaceutical industry's main trade group spent $6.3 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress, the White House and multiple government agencies on health care provisions and related issues, ...

Senate gridlock triggers cut in Medicare fees to doctors; Obama hopes lawmakers reconsider Political gridlock in the Senate triggered a legal requirement Monday for a 21 percent cut in Medicare fees to doctors, who warned they may have to limit care for ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California state lawmakers from both parties say the federal government has been shortchanging California and are pressing for nearly $1 billion.The letter urged Congress to pass bills that would repay states for past Medicare costs.They also sent a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's latest spending plan calls for modest changes to the U.S. healthcare system but does little to incorporate sweeping moves called for Democrats' larger plan to increase access and cuts costs." Reforming the nation's swelling $2.5 trillion ...

Obama's modest health care budget reveals what'll happen if overhaul dies in Congress President Barack Obama's modest health care budget may be a harbinger of what's ahead if his overhaul plan dies in Congress.As a technical matter an asterisk Obama's budget assumes ...

The economic recession restrained growth in health care spending in 2008 to the lowest it has been in at least 48 years. Medicare spending increased, and more Medicaid funding shifted to the federal government. The most recent stimulus package and increased Medicare ...

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Topic: Medicare

Democrat says Medicare dispute resolved

Medicare fix would push health care into the red

Sebelius confident health care bill will pass

Health Care 101: A consumer primer on Obama's bill

Pharmaceutical group spent $6.3M lobbying in Q4

Senate gridlock triggers cut to doctors

Schwarzenegger, lawmakers: Calif. was shortchanged

Obama's budget sidesteps dramatic health reforms

If health care dies, Obama's modest budget Plan B

Health spending growth at lowest recorded rate

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