How to pay for Medicare’s next 50 years
(By - Kelley Holland, www.cnbc.com) Medicare turns 50 on Thursday, and that’s not all the program’s overseers have to celebrate.
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Medicare and Medicaid Are Unsustainable Without Quick Action
(By - Gail Wilensky, Project HOPE) As we celebrate Medicare and Medicaid’s 50th birthday, it is natural to look back
Read MoreMedicare Is Part of the Solution to Rising Health Care Costs
(By - Mark Miller, time.com) Medicare turns 50 on Thursday, riding high in the polls but under attack from presidential
Read More5 Ways Medicare Has Changed in 50 Years
(Source - money.usnews.com) It has been 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed a health insurance program for older Americans
Read MoreHospitals Have Reduced Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Costs Among Medicare Patients
(By - Tanya Basu, Time) American hospitals have reduced deaths, hospitalizations, and costs among people over the age of 65
Read MoreEveryone Agrees Medicare Must Be Made More Sustainable
(By - CAITLIN OWENS , www.nationaljournal.com) Medicare’s 50th anniversary is giving rise not only to celebration, but also to well-founded
Read MoreWho’s Right on Health-Care Cost Projections?
(By - LOUISE SHEINER) The sustainability of the U.S. fiscal outlook depends on the path of health costs, particularly Medicare,
Read MoreClearing Up Billing Issues With Medicare Can Be Frustrating
(By - Janell Sluga, post-journal.com) Question: I recently got a letter from a provider that said Medicare will not pay
Read MoreIncreasing Medicare’s Impact as it Turns 50
(By - Linda P. Fried, Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health) On
Read MoreMedicare and Medicaid — a tarnished triumph
(By - Robert J. Samuelson, www.washingtonpost.com) It was exactly 50 years ago this week that President Lyndon B. Johnson flew
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