Medicaid and Medicare Benefits

Drug firms might be able to help (The Capital)
May 11, 2008 09:03 GMT
My husband has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. He has been prescribed a very expensive medication. We are not eligible for Medicare because we are resident aliens who haven't lived in the United States for five years yet. Is there any way we can get help to purchase this prescription drug?

Dowagiac Daily News - Dowagiac Daily News
May 10, 2008 16:06 GMT
Dowagiac Daily News Dowagiac Daily News, USA - 1 hour ago For younger clients, they usually have commercial insurance, but benefits are not unlimited like it is with Medicare and Medicaid . With commercial insurance ...

Hawaii health plan files suit over disputed Medicaid contracts (The Maui News)
May 9, 2008 20:42 GMT
HONOLULU - The state Department of Human Services awarded $1.5 billion in Medicaid contracts to two Mainland, for-profit health insurance companies that do not have proper licenses to do business in Hawaii, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by AlohaCare. The nonprofit health plan followe..

A Fiscal Wake-Up - Christian Broadcasting Network
May 9, 2008 17:20 GMT
A Fiscal Wake-Up Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - 44 minutes ago A tidal wave of 75-million baby boomers now beginning to retire are expecting government Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits . ...

Medicare targets marketing abuses with rules proposal (Los Angeles Times)
May 9, 2008 16:40 GMT
Senior citizens in Medicare have reported being sold coverage they don't want or need. Some people aren't sure if the federal government can enforce the proposed rules. Medicare proposed new rules Thursday to curb marketing abuses that have cropped up as the role of private insurance plans has grown..

Health Care and Banking No room to cut Medicaid in struggling economy - In Business Las Vegas
May 9, 2008 16:03 GMT
Health Care and Banking No room to cut Medicaid in struggling economy In Business Las Vegas, NV - 29 minutes ago Skilled nursing facilities that receive Medicare reimbursements could face payment rate changes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ...

Traditional Medicare Benefit Information Soon to be Available ... - PR Newswire (press release)
May 9, 2008 14:06 GMT
Traditional Medicare Benefit Information Soon to be Available ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - 2 hours ago The BCBSM electronic data clearinghouse is expected to process 270 million BCBSM, Medicare , Medicaid and other health insurance transactions in 2008, ...

Traditional Medicare Benefit Information Soon to be Available Online to Doctors and Hospitals through Blue Cross Blue ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
May 9, 2008 14:00 GMT
Beginning this summer, Michigan physicians and hospitals will be able to go online to check eligibility and benefit information for people with Traditional Medicare coverage. It's made possible by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's health care electronic data interchange clearinghouse and Web por..

Tax Day protest reveals consensus as to who won’t be labor’s ... - Workday Minnesota
May 8, 2008 21:14 GMT
eFluxMedia Tax Day protest reveals consensus as to who won’t be labor’s ... Workday Minnesota, MN - May 8, 2008 He supported raising the age at which seniors become eligible for Medicare benefits , and he supported increasing seniors’ Medicare premiums. ... Presidential candidates o..

Georgia 40th in 2006 federal expenditures - Bizjournals.com
May 8, 2008 18:47 GMT
Georgia 40th in 2006 federal expenditures Bizjournals.com, NC - 5 hours ago This includes $7.9 billion in Medicare benefits , $1.7 billion in excess earned income tax benefits , $501.5 million in unemployment compensation and $1.1 ...