Medicaid and Medicare Benefits

How the Health Care Overhaul Could Affect You - New York Times

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:40 GMT

How the Health Care Overhaul Could Affect You
New York Times
Your benefits might change if you are insured through a private Medicare Advantage plan. Medicare will pay for an annual checkup. ...
What the health care overhaul bill could mean to your walletAustin American-Statesman

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Landmark health care overhaul bill heads to Obama's desk - CNN

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:36 GMT

Landmark health care overhaul bill heads to Obama's desk
CNN
The measure, which cleared the Senate in December, constitutes the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees since Medicare and Medicaid were ...

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State gets White House promise on Medicare (Tacoma News Tribune)

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:20 GMT

WASHINGTON – The health care bill approved Sunday by the House of Representatives lays the groundwork to overhaul a Medicare reimbursement formula that has punished Washington state.

House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:04 GMT

The House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Sunday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack Obama a landmark victory.

Trying to figure out what the overhaul will mean (Seattle Times)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:31 GMT

The uninsured are clearly the biggest beneficiaries of the historic legislation, but just about everyone might benefit from the measure's tighter insurance regulations.

Congress clears historic health care bill (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:40 GMT

Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.

New Taxes for Health Care Help Obama 'Spread the Wealth Around' - BusinessWeek

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:13 GMT

New Taxes for Health Care Help Obama 'Spread the Wealth Around'
BusinessWeek
Those levies will help fund expansion of Medicaid services for the poor and subsidize health insurance to cover millions who don't currently have benefits. ...

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employer healthcare costs up 7.3 percent in 2009 - Reuters

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:03 GMT

employer healthcare costs up 7.3 percent in 2009
Reuters
Overall US healthcare spending, including Medicare, Medicaid, and other payers, grew by 4.8 percent in 2009, the report found. "In a year when inflation was ...
Employer Healthcare Costs Jump 7.3% in 2009, According to Thomson Reuters StudyPR Newswire (press release)

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Houses passes health care bill 219-212 (San Francisco Chronicle)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:59 GMT

After a year of political upheaval that swung from a triumphant Democratic sweep in Washington to the rise of the Tea Party movement, Congress on Sunday night sent to President Obama the most sweeping social program since Medicare was enacted in 1965. The...

Stupak Called "Baby Killer" for Backing Bill - CBS News

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:43 GMT

Reuters

Stupak Called "Baby Killer" for Backing Bill
CBS News
He understands the great benefits of health insurance reform for women, expectant mothers, and Americas working families. Hyde Amendment remains intact. ...
Live Blogging the House VoteNew York Times (blog)
The Abortion Deal That Saved Health Care: What's in ItNewsweek (blog)
Democrats grow confident ahead of health care voteBeaver County Times

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