Friday, February 11, 2005

621 Billlion since 2000 (No, not burgers) Report Estimates Health Care Cost Increase at $621 Billion Since 2000, USA. Health care spending in the United States has increased by $621 billion since 2000 to $1... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 6:48:47 AM    comment [] Medicaid Cuts Bad for the Economy State cuts to Medicaid, CHIP bad for economy as well as patients, study finds. For every dollar saved through state funding cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, far more is lost in federal funding, insurance premiums and other associated costs, according to a study released 2/8/2005 by the TX Hospital Assoc. [Medicare/ Medicaid News from myHealthcareNews.com] 6:45:08 AM    comment [] Medicare Cuts Spare Homecare President's 2006 Medicare Budget Appears to Spare New Cuts to Homecare, USA. The USA President's 2006 budget, released Monday, appears not to include any new homecare cuts in Medicare... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 6:43:39 AM    comment [] Recruits for Consumer Action Board Medicare Rights Center Recruits for Consumer Action Board. Board Members to Advise on Local Health Care Access and Affordability Concerns - New York - The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) is now recruiting people with Medicare who want to make a difference in local, state, and national health care policy for a National Medicare Consumer Action Board (CAB)... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 6:42:29 AM    comment [] Oxymoron of the Week Nursing home efficiency central to Medicaid plan Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA The state would reward homes that keep costs down by paying them more and punish those that don't with cutbacks, representatives of nursing home industry trade ... 6:00:24 AM    comment [] Schiavo Case Again GOV. BUSH COULD INTERVENE IN SCHIAVO CASE BY INVOKING PROTECTIVE ... Empire Journal - Chestertown,NY,USA ... into the court system primarily as the result of alleged abuse or neglect. ... The nursing home where she resided at the time sought to intervene, which ultimately ... 5:56:27 AM    comment []

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