Medicare
Latest Stories
20111027-211424-pic-124145751.jpg
"We are excited about being able to offer people better Medicare at less cost. That just makes sense," said Dr. Donald M. Berwick, administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Associated Press)
HEALTH.jpg
** FILE ** In this June 13, 2011, file photo Dena Robinson, from right, and Hannah Hoffman, join dozens of Medicare advocates gathered outside the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
20110907-210930-pic-115717213.jpg
Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called the charging of 91 people with participating in Medicare fraud schemes "a powerful warning to those who would try to defraud taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries." (Associated Press)
20110728-051907-pic-156484444.jpg
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, said of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report, "Simply put, this report states the obvious, that Americans have known for more than a year - the $2.6 trillion law only makes the fundamental problem of skyrocketing health care costs worse." (Associated Press)
B1-WOLF-AH.jpg
Illustration: Obamacare wrecks Medicare by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
Retirement Insecurity_Reps.jpg
Nicholas Read poses for a photo at the University at Buffalo South Campus where he once taught as a graduate assistant in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, May 19, 2011. Most Americans say they don't believe Medicare has to be cut to balance the federal budget, and ditto for Social Security. "I’m pretty confident Medicare will be there, because there would be a rebellion among voters," said Read. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
B1-medicare-AH.jpg
Illustration: Medicare by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
B4-Medicare-Twister-GG-WEB.jpg
Illustration: Medicare twister by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
20110529-191522-pic-249469482.jpg
"Medicare will be a part of any agreement to begin to reduce our long-term debt," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Sunday. (Associated Press)
Prostate_Cancer_Drug_Medicare.sff.jpg
In this undated photo provided by Dendreon Corp., an employee works on the company's prostate cancer drug Provenge at a plant in Morris Plains, N.J. Medicare officials said Wednesday, March 30, 2011 that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of the drug, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from the disease an extra four months to live. (AP Photo/Dendreon Corp.) NO SALES
BOEHNER30.jpg
House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Sunday he fears Senate Democrats won't acknowledge "real problems" with entitlements, such as Medicare and Social Security. (Associated Press)
20110130-194309-pic-216347601.jpg
Dr. Donald Berwick, whom President Obama appointed as head of Medicare and Medicaid without Senate hearings, now needs Senate approval. (Associated Press)
20110119-192147-pic-431953895.jpg
Savings would be wiped out because insurers would increase bids to recoup income, Medicare administrator Donald Berwick said. (Associated Press)
MEDICARE_POLL.sff.jpg
Graphic shows poll results on public opinion about Medicare
20101020-204610-pic-924297547.jpg
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke advised Congress earlier this year to avoid big spending cuts now and rein in spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare over the next five to 10 years. (Associated Press)
People Andy Griffith_Thir.jpg
This undated handout video image provided by Medicare.gov shows actor Andy Griffith in a new role: pitching President Obama's health care law to seniors, in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. (AP Photo/Medicare.gov)
People_Andy_Griffith.sff.jpg
This undated handout video image provided by Medicare.gov shows actor Andy Griffith in a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors, in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. (AP Photo/Medicare.gov)
B4 med cuts.jpg
Illustration: Medicare cuts
Medicare Fraud Arrest_Bone.jpg
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, left, speaks to the media as Loretta Lynch, center, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announce charges against doctors, health care company owners, executives and others in a case of alleged false medicare billing at a news conference in the U.S. Attorney's office in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, July 16, 2010. The poster at right, which says in Russian "Do Not Gossip," was, allegedly, in the back room of a doctor's office where patients were being bribed for their cooperation in the scheme. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)
Medicare Fraud Arrest_Thir.jpg
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., right, announces 36 arrests in Medicare scams during a press conference as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius looks on in Miami, Friday, July 16, 2010. Federal authorities said they are conducting the largest Medicare fraud bust ever in five different states and arrested dozens of suspects accused in scams totaling $251 million. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
