Medicare

Latest News

HNR: House Examines Medicare Advantage Program (6/29/07)
HNR: GOP Senate Budget Resolution Squeaks Through, 51-49; Floor Action Rejects Some of the Cuts in Human Needs Services (3/17/06)
WashPost: Millions Not Joining Medicare Drug Plan - Poor Seniors Miss Out on Coverage (2/21/06)
HNR: House Cuts $38.8 Billion from Budget; Slashes Health Care, Student Loans, Child Support and Help for People with Disabilities (2/3/06)
HNR: State of the Union Address Foreshadows Fiscal 2007 Budget Proposals (2/3/06)

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Policy Analyses and Research

CBPP: House Health Legislation Would Curb Medicare Overpayments to Private Plans, While Aiding Medicare Beneficiaries Overall (8/8/07)
Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicare Part D Plan Characteristics, 2007
Kaiser Family Foundation: The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Fact Sheet (November 2006)
The Commonwealth Fund: The Cost of Privatization: Extra Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans (November 2006)
Families USA: Transitional Prescription Drug Benefits End April 1 (3/29/06)

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Government Resources

Summary and Status of Public Law 109-171 - formerly S. 1932/H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (signed into law 2/8/06) This law makes cuts to Medicare
Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05)
GAO: Accuracy of Responses for 1-800-MEDICARE Help Line Should Be Improved (December 2004)
JEC: Rising Health Care Costs Undermine Social Security COLA Adjustment (July 2004)
PL 108-173 Medicare Rx Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (12/8/03)

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