Posted: 4/15/2013 4:45:00 PM
President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget includes a variety of what he says are "manageable" changes for Medicare's 54 million beneficiaries as well as for the hospitals, nursing homes and othe…
Posted: 1/2/2013 3:46:00 PM
Legislation passed by Congress on New Year’s Day to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff” would stop a scheduled payment cut in Medicare physician payments. But hospitals, which have to bear a major pa…
Posted: 12/10/2012 2:20:00 PM
The impending "fiscal cliff" is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. …
Posted: 2/12/2011 3:37:00 PM
The Obama administration often touts the health-law provision that over the next decade will close the unpopular "doughnut hole" -- a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage. But official…
Posted: 2/16/2010 6:00:00 PM
In their effort to overhaul the health system, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats pressed hospitals, drug makers and other providers to accept billions of dollars in government pay…
5 Medicare Changes Buried in Obama’s Budget
April 15, 2013
‘Doc Fix’ Will Cut Medicare Hospital Payments
January 2, 2013
Is Health Care Headed for the Cliff, Too?
December 10, 2012
Some Seniors Facing Higher Drug Costs
February 12, 2011
Health Care Cuts to Lower Deficits
February 16, 2010
