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  • August 2008

    • Medicare Fudged Fraud Figures: Report

      New York Times  |  12 hours, 38 minutes ago

      Medicare Fudged Fraud Figures: Report

      (Newser) - Medicare's boasts of having reduced fraud by billions are misleading, a draft report obtained by the New York Times finds. Auditors were told to ignore procedures that would have accurately measured fraudulent claims for medical equipment, the draft report says.   Proper methods would have revealed an estimated $2.8 billion in fraud in 2006, instead of the $700 million reported to Congress. More »

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      corruption  • fraud  • health insurance  • Medicare  • Medicaid

    • Many Hospitals Deport Injured, Ill Immigrants

      New York Times  |  Aug 3, 08 10:59 AM CDT

      Many Hospitals Deport Injured, Ill Immigrants

      (Newser) - The case of an illegal immigrant from Guatemala has called attention to a little-known, but common, practice at US hospitals: the deportation of immigrants without insurance. Injured in a car accident, the immigrant spent years at a Florida hospital before being repatriated by court order, the New York Times reports. An appeals court overruled the decision, stating that deportation falls under the federal government's purview. More »

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      immigration  • illegal immigrant  • health care costs  • Medicaid  • Guatemala  • deportation

    • Obama Advisers Please the Right, But Not Much

      The Weekly Standard  |  Aug 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT

      Obama Advisers Please the Right, But Not Much

      (Newser) - If Barack Obama takes office, conservatives can take a small measure of comfort knowing that  two of his top economic advisers have generated angst on the left for being "centrist, pro-free-traders," writes Cesar Conda in the Weekly Standard . Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman—the latter a Wal-Mart defender—have even earned praise from the likes of George Will. Still, Conda, warns, let's not get carried away. More »

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      Barack Obama  • globalization  • NAFTA  • Medicaid  • free trade  • George Will  • economic adviser  • Jason Furman  • protectionism  • Austan Goolsbee

  • March 2008

    • US Braces for Explosion in Knee and Hip Surgeries

      Time  |  Mar 7, 08 11:34 AM CST

      US Braces for Explosion in Knee and Hip Surgeries

      (Newser) - The number of hip and knee replacements performed in the US will explode in the next several decades—knee operations surging fivefold and hips doubling—as aging baby boomers opt to stay out of wheelchairs, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons estimates. The pricetag will reach $65 billion in less than a decade, most of it borne by Medicare and Medicaid, reports Time magazine. More »

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      obesity  • Medicare  • Medicaid  • arthritis  • hip replacement

    • Oregonians Enter Lottery for Health Insurance

      Associated Press  |  Mar 4, 08 1:30 PM CST

      Oregonians Enter Lottery for Health Insurance

      (Newser) - Oregonians are flocking to sign up for a state-sponsored lottery with a high-stakes prize: health insurance. The state will begin drawing names this week to award health insurance plans to uninsured residents, the AP reports. More than 83,000 have signed up since January to have a shot at about 3,000 openings. More »

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      health care  • health insurance  • Oregon  • universal health care  • health care reform  • Medicaid  • lottery  • uninsured

    • Government Typos 'Kill' Thousands

      MSNBC  |  Mar 1, 08 9:08 AM CST

      Government Typos 'Kill' Thousands

      (Newser) - It's not easy being dead—just ask Laura Todd. The Tennessee woman is one of an estimated 12,000 people a year the government declares dead—often because of a typo in the Social Security database—when they're still very much alive, MSNBC reports. The error can create a financial mess and is just shy of impossible to correct. More »

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      death  • Social Security  • Medicaid  • government  • database  • bureaucracy  • red tape

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • US Health Care Spending Tops Record $2T

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 9, 08 4:40 AM CST

      US Health Care Spending Tops Record $2T

      (Newser) - US health-care spending in 2006 increased 6.7% to a record $2.1 trillion—an average of  $7,000 for every person in America. Medicare spending jumped 19%, its fastest growth rate in 25 years, according to the latest government statistics published yesterday in the journal Health Affairs . The Medicare boost was due largely to shifting 6.2 million low-income seniors from Medicaid drug programs to a subsidized Medicare prescription plan. More »

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      prescription drugs  • Medicare  • health care costs  • Medicaid

  • December 2007

    • Uninsured Cancer Patients Die More Often

      Associated Press  |  Dec 20, 07 4:26 PM CST

      Uninsured Cancer Patients Die More Often

      (Newser) - Cancer patients without health insurance are 1.6 times more likely to die within five years of diagnosis than the insured, the AP reports. A new study by the American Cancer Society examined records for 600,000 patients under 65 in 1,500 US hospitals and found that 35% of the uninsured were dead after five years, whereas only 23% of those with private insurance or Medicaid had died. More »

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      cancer  • health insurance  • Medicare  • Medicaid

  • November 2007
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  • July 2007

    • Uninsured Ignore New Health-Care Law

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jul 2, 07 5:36 AM CDT

      Uninsured Ignore New Health-Care Law

      (Newser) - A law requiring Massachusetts residents to have health insurance kicked in yesterday, but two-thirds of the 372,000 residents who need coverage haven't signed up, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Massachusetts is a pioneer in universal health care, and most people eligible for subsidized care have insurance, but some 6% of the state's population currently goes without. More »

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      health  • health care  • health insurance  • Massachusetts  • law  • universal health care  • Medicaid

  • March 2007

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