Tag: Medicare

Within Debt Ceiling Debate, House Dems ‘Just Say No’ to Medicare Cuts

Democrats don’t want them. House Minority Leader Pelosi reminded Obama about them.…

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The One Medicare Program that Actually Works

This is Avik Roy, writing in National Affairs: This is Avik Roy,…

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Lawsuit Filed Against Quest Diagnostics for Overcharging

Andrew Baker was fired from a company that Quest purchased, Unilab, when…

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Why Not Let the Dead Pay for Medicare?

Kevin Drum at Mother Jones has a novel (if not original) idea.…

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How Medicare Spends Its Drug Dollars

Drug Class 2008 Drug Cost ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMICS $6,165,831,884 ANTIPSYCHOTICS/ANTIMANIC $5,698,011,103

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Is Medicare A Good Deal?

Think about everything you will pay to support Medicare: the payroll taxes…

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Two Approaches to Controlling Drug Costs

The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program has been around for 20 years.  It…

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Privatizing Social Security and Medicare: Who Can Defuse Political Dynamite?

In response to my prior post where I averred that cigarette companies…

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Squandering Medicare’s Money

Medicare spends a fortune each year on procedures that have no proven…

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Vouchercare for Cancer

The health care cost debate takes place on two stages using two…

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