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Health Care Reform: How It Will Affect You
The bills moving through Congress could have a bigger impact on your financial future than any legislation in a long, long time. Here's all you need to know to follow the key issues. ...
Tags: Income, Health Care, Healthcare Reform, MoneyWatch, Does, House, Taxes, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance Exchange, Medicare, Prescription Drug Coverage, Donut Hole, Cadillac Policy, Age Rating, Small Business Owner, Michelle Andrews
Articles 2009-08-07
Your Guide to Health Care Reform
How health care reform plays out is just as significant for your wallet as it is for the quality of your medical care. Here are the issues to pay close attention to. Health care reform has dominated the news for weeks, and yet with so many proposals on the table...
Tags: Health Care, MoneyWatch, Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance Exchange, Medicare, Medicaid, Prescription Drug Coverage, Donut Hole, Cadillac Policy, Age Rating, Small Business Owner, Tax Exclusion, Itemized Deductions, Sin Taxes, Health Insurance Subsidy, Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts, Cost Controls
Articles 2009-08-11

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Prescription drug coverage.
Prescription Drug Coverage: More than 2.6 million people signed up for the new Medicare prescription drug coverage program in the past month, bringing to almost 24 million the number of people covered, HHS announced last week. In the first 30 days Prescription Drug...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2006-01-23
Statement on the Department of Health and Human Services Report on Prescription Drug Coverage - Brief Article - Transcript
April 10, 2000 Today's release of the Department of Health and Human Services report on prescription drug coverage, spending, and pricing practices provides further evidence of the need for a voluntary, affordable Medicare prescription drug benefit that is available to all beneficiaries. This report makes clear that uninsured seniors...
Tags: beneficiary, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2000-04-17
Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton urges Congress to extend prescription drug coverage to military retirees and then to all Medicare beneficiaries.
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 May 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton urges Congress to extend prescription drug coverage to military retirees and then to all Medicare beneficiaries C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16052000 Today, the President will...
Tags: beneficiary, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, president, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2000-05-17
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage: Impact on Employers Without Retiree Health Plans
If someone provides prescription drug coverage to active employees or their spouses or dependents who are also covered by Medicare, one needs to pay attention to certain Medicare Part D rules, even if they do not have a retiree health plan. Those rules relate to the creditable coverage notice, the...
Tags: Aon Corp., Medicare, Health Care, Healthcare
White papers 2005-09-01
AARP Tour to Promote Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage in Charleston, W.Va.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Jul. 27--AARP National President Tess Canja will visit Charleston on Aug. 2 during a 23-stop tour to promote prescription drug coverage under Medicare. Jul. 27--AARP National President Tess Canja will visit Charleston on Aug. 2 during a 23-stop tour to promote prescription drug coverage...
Tags: AARP, Medicare
Research articles 2000-07-27
HHS Approves Illinois Plan To Expand Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage To Low-Income Seniors
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved a demonstration program in Illinois that will give an estimated 368,000 low-income seniors prescription drug coverage through the Medicaid program and launched a new iniWASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2002-01-28
THE WHITE HOUSE: The facts about Medicare be beneficiaries and prescription drug coverage.
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 July 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Disturbing truths and dangerous trends -- The facts about Medicare beneficiaries and prescription drug coverage C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:220799 National Economic Council Domestic Policy Council ...
Tags: beneficiary, benefit, HEALTHCARE, Medicaid, Medicare, White House
Research articles 1999-07-28
Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton releases new prescription drug coverage and pricing study.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 April 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton releases new prescription drug coverage and pricing study C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10042000 Today, the President will release a new study by the Department of ...
Tags: beneficiary, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, president, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2000-04-11
Aetna Announces Medicare Advantage Plan Benefit Enhancements in Maryland for 2005; Prescription Drug Coverage Options Available with All Plans
LINTHICUM, Md. -- Members of the Aetna's Medicare Advantage plans in Maryland will have a wider range of premiums, benefits and pharmacy coverage options from which to choose in 2005. The company announced today that members of its Aetna Golden ChoiceTM Plan in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Charles...
Tags: Aetna Inc., benefit, Medicare
Research articles 2004-10-19
Bush's Plan to Add Prescription Drug Coverage to Medicare Wins Support.
Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 5--WASHINGTON -- President Bush's plan to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare won qualified support Tuesday from key members of Congress, increasing the odds that senior citizens may finally get some help ...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2003-03-05
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico to Educate Medicare Beneficiaries about Medicare's New Prescription Drug Coverage; Outreach Will Focus on Easing Beneficiaries Through the Decision-Making and Enrollment Process
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico BCBSNM announced today an outreach campaign designed to help Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers understand the changes occurring in Medicare's new prescription drug coverage also known as Part D.
Tags: beneficiary, Blue Cross Blue Shield, decision-making, Medicare
Research articles 2005-08-29
Aetna Announces Medicare Advantage Plan Benefit Enhancements in New York for 2005; $0 Premium Plans, Prescription Drug Coverage Options Available
NEW YORK -- Beneficiaries of Aetna's Medicare Advantage plans in New York will have a much wider range of benefits and premium levels from which to choose in 2005. The company announced today an expanded choice of plan options for its Aetna Golden Medicare PlanR and Aetna Golden Choice PlanTM...
Tags: Aetna Inc., benefit, Medicare
Research articles 2004-10-19
Office of the Press Secretary -- Remarks by the President on rural prescription drug coverage.
M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Remarks by the President on rural prescription drug coverage C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13062000 THE PRESIDENT: Well, Ruth, this is the most laughs we've had in this...
Tags: applause, Benefits, congressman, HEALTHCARE, HMO, Insurance, Medicare, president, secretary, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2000-06-14
2008 Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare Advantage Plans Begins Today
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: CMS Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-690-6145 Campaign Features Major Outreach to Beneficiaries Eligible for Low Income Subsidies, Enhanced Publications and Online ToolsWASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS announced that, beginning today, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to begin making...
Tags: beneficiary, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2007-11-15
Seniors Coalition Praises Bush for Firm Commitment to Comprehensive Medicare Reform and Prescription Drug Coverage
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Seniors Coalition TSC, a leading advocacy group representing nearly four million seniors nationwide, today praised President Bush for reaffirming his strong commitment to comprehensive Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage for America's seniors in his State of the Union address. The group...
Tags: America, Bush, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, president, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-01-30
Congress is hard at work on a bill to get Medicare to provide prescription-drug coverage
* Congress is hard at work on a bill to get Medicare to provide prescription-drug coverage. There are many thorny issues to be worked out. How fast should the country be bankrupted? How much heavier a tax burden should young people face to pay for entitlements for the elderly? There...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, SOFTWARE, tax, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2003-11-24
Millions of Medicare Enrollees Will Lose Prescription Drug Coverage Friday ; Seniors Must Pay Nearly $3,000 in Drug Costs to Regain Drug Coverage
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D- Mich.), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), joined Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey and Americans United communications director Brad Woodhouse on a conference call with reporters today urging Congress to fix the harmful coverage gap in the Medicare Part...
Tags: America, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, Rep., Sen., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-09-21
CVS quits drug benefit plans that require use of mail order.(News)(CVS Pharmacy Inc., state of Ohio's prescription drug plan)
Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK At least two major retail pharmacy chains are retaliating against the mandatory mail-order provisions that many employers are adding to their prescription drug coverage to help hold down costs. Last week, CVS/pharmacy annou Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK ...
Tags: benefit, benefit plan, CVS Corp., mail-order, pharmacy
Research articles 2005-01-24
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