Search Results: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Capitol Hill Watch - Senate Finance Committee Discusses Funding for Health Reform in Final 'Walk Through' Meeting
The Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday to discuss potential funding mechanisms for health reform legislation but indicated that no concrete decisions had been reached, The Hill reports. The meeting was the third of three scheduled to 'walk through' various aspects of health reform. Previous talks focused
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2009-05-21

Capitol Hill Watch - Congress Approves Budget Resolutions
The House and Senate on Thursday approved their respective versions of the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution (HConRes85, SConRes13), both of which include deficit-neutral reserve funds for health care, CongressDaily reports (Sanchez/Friedman, CongressDaily, 4/3). The House passed its version of the resoluti
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2009-04-03

Capitol Hill Watch - Sen. Baucus Hopes To Introduce Comprehensive Health Reform Legislation This Summer
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Tuesday said enacting comprehensive health reform this year is his 'top priority,' the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Baucus -- who spoke to reporters at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C., at an event sponsored by the Foundation, Families
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2009-03-04

Health Care Marketplace - Health Care Spending in 2007 Increased at Lowest Rate in Nine Years, With Prescription Drug Spending Growth Slowing to Lowest Rate Since 1963, Study Finds
U.S. health care spending by both the public and private sectors grew at a rate of 6.1% to $2.2 trillion in 2007, down from growth of 6.7% in 2006, according to a study by federal auditors published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs, the Wall Street Journal reports (Fuhrmans/Zhang, Wall Street Journal, 1
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2009-01-06

Capitol Hill Watch - CBO Reports Analyze Major Health Insurance Proposals' Potential Effects on Federal Budget, the Uninsured, Costs
Two new reports from the Congressional Budget Office outline 'more than a few fiscal challenges for lawmakers hoping to write legislation' to overhaul the U.S. health care system, CQ Today reports. According to CBO, 'serious concerns exist about the efficiency of the health care system, but no simple solutio
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2008-12-19

Medicare - Democratic Lawmakers, Obama Likely To Seek Changes to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Democratic lawmakers and President-elect Barack Obama in 2009 likely will seek to reduce reimbursements to private health insurers under Medicare Advantage and make changes to the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, reimbursements for MA plans are 13
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2008-12-15

Incoming Obama Administration Begins To Lay Groundwork for Health Reform
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for HHS secretary, on Wednesday launched an effort by the incoming administration to 'lay the groundwork' for health care overhaul, the Washington Post reports. On a conference call with 1,000 Obama supporters who have
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2008-12-04

Medicare - CMS Issues Revised Compensation Guidelines for Medicare Sales Agents
CMS on Monday revised its guidelines for compensation for health insurance agents and brokers who market Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug benefit plans, CQ HealthBeat reports (Carey, CQ HealthBeat, 11/10). CMS in September issued new rules governing insurance companies, agents and brokers re
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2008-11-11

President-Elect Obama Calls for Swift Action on Economic Stimulus Bill That Could Include Medicaid Funding for States
President-elect Barack Obama on Friday and Saturday outlined his priorities for action after he takes office and said he first would focus on an economic stimulus package, followed by energy and health care, the New York Times reports (Baker, New York Times, 11/9). The stimulus package likely would include a
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2008-11-10

Prescription Drugs - Some U.S. Residents Cut Back on Prescription Drugs To Save Money
The New York Times on Wednesday examined how, as 'people around the country respond to financial and economic hard times by juggling the cost of necessities like groceries and housing, drugs are sometimes having to wait.' An analysis conducted recently by IMS Health found that U.S. prescription drug sales in
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2008-10-22